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- From: sharonc@meaddata.com (Sharon Crichton)
- Newsgroups: rec.roller-coaster
- Subject: Re: kennywood memories
- Date: 6 Jan 1993 13:48:31 GMT
- Organization: Mead Data Central, Dayton OH
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- In article <H.eg.woRCpoN8yGA@harvee.billerica.ma.us>, scm@harvee.billerica.ma.us (S. Mudgett aka little gator) writes:
- |> i recently saw a one-hour pbs special called "kennywood memories", about
- |> kennywood park in pa near pittsburgh.(and accidentally taped over the
- |> video i saved of it-snif). my husband has a friend if pittsburgh who had
- |> invited us to visit her(and kennywood), but we'd been procrastinating. this
- |> tape convinced me.
-
- Just to let people know (especially our video-loving friend, Bill :-) that you
- can order a copy of this tape from WQED in Pittsburgh. They have a special
- order form that has all kinds of tapes about Pittsburgh (Kennywood Memories,
- Things That Aren't There Anymore, Downtown Pittsburgh, etc.) I would assume
- that you can try calling the station and asking them to send you an order
- form. Each video costs $19.95.
-
- BTW, the tape Things That Aren't There Anymore has a segment on West View Park
- and their great coaster, The Dips.
-
- |> the coasters it showed were:
- |> the shuttle loop (i forget its name but i don't do anything that puts my
- |> head hanging down).
- Laser Loop - I for one am glad it's gone. Never liked it.
-
- |> the racer-twin cars on adjacent tracks.
- It's actually one track that loops in such a way that you can have two racing
- cars. You finish on the opposite side of where you started.
-
- |> jackrabbit and thunderbolt-two old woodies, the jackrabbit goes in and
- |> out of the ravines it was built on/in.
- Nit picking, but I believe that's the Thunderbolt, although the Jack Rabbit
- does also follow the terrain.
-
- |> it didn't(that i remember)-mention the new steelie built very recently.
- Steel Phantom.
-
- There's a book on the history of Kennywood, but my parents checked and it's
- out of print. Anyone have any idea where I can get a copy of it? We checked
- the Pitt bookstore and Borders, but no copies are to be had.
-
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