Dinn Corporation was a former roller coaster

Roller coaster

The roller coaster is a popular amusement ride developed for amusement parks and modern theme parks. LaMarcus Adna Thompson patented the first coasters on January 20, 1885...

 designing and manufacturing company established in West Chester, Ohio

West Chester Township, Butler County, Ohio

West Chester Township, formerly known as Union Township, is a township located in the southeast corner of Butler County in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Ohio, one of thirteen townships in the county. It is situated between Sharonville and Monroe, about 18 miles north of Cincinnati, and...

 in 1983 by Charles Dinn. They are noted for building twelve wooden roller coasters

Wooden roller coaster

A wooden roller coaster is most often classified as a roller coaster with laminated steel running rails overlaid upon a wooden track. Occasionally, the structure may be made out of a steel lattice or truss, but the ride remains classified as a wooden roller coaster due to the track design...

 in the United States, including:

• Georgia Cyclone
  Georgia Cyclone
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• Hercules
  Hercules (roller coaster)
  Hercules was the name of a former wooden roller coaster at Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom in Allentown, Pennsylvania.At the time of construction, it was the tallest wooden roller coaster in the world, but due to its poor design the ride only had a short life, operating from 1989 to 2003...
  
  
• Mean Streak
  Mean Streak
  Mean Streak is a wooden roller coaster located at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, United States. Opened in 1991 and constructed using 1.7 million board feet of treated Southern Yellow Pine, it was one of the tallest, fastest and longest wooden roller coasters in the world...
  
  
• Predator
  The Predator (roller coaster)
  The Predator is one of the largest wooden roller coasters in New York State, located at Darien Lake. The custom design takes advantage of the traditional wooden coaster element of large amounts of "air" time while also giving a modern twist by additions of sharp banking turns during the...
  
  
• Psyclone
• Raging Wolf Bobs
  Raging Wolf Bobs
  Raging Wolf Bobs is a wooden roller coaster at Geauga Lake amusement park in Aurora, Ohio. The coaster was originally based on the famous coaster The Bobs at Riverview Park in Chicago, Illinois....
  
  
• Texas Giant
  Texas Giant
  The Texas Giant is a hybrid roller coaster located at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington, Texas. It is currently the tallest steel-hybrid roller coaster in the world at a height of which features a 79° drop of , and turns banked up to 95°. The coaster uses a brand new type of all steel track which...
  
  
• Thunder Run
• Timber Wolf
  Timber Wolf (roller coaster)
  Timber Wolf is a wooden roller coaster at Worlds of Fun in Kansas City, Missouri. Timber Wolf was designed by Curtis D. Summers and was built by the Dinn Corporation and opened in 1989.- The ride :...
  
  
• The Wild One
  The Wild One (roller coaster)
  The Wild One is a wooden roller coaster at Six Flags America in Prince George's County, Maryland. It is a classic style woodie with a series of bunny hills for a large amount of air time and a 450° spiral helix....
  
  , formerly Giant Coaster
• Wolverine Wildcat

History

Charles Dinn served as Kings Island's Director of Construction, where he designed and built The Beast with a team including Al Collins, Jim Nickell, and William Reed. In 1983, Dinn opened his own corporation in West Chester, Ohio

West Chester Township, Butler County, Ohio

West Chester Township, formerly known as Union Township, is a township located in the southeast corner of Butler County in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Ohio, one of thirteen townships in the county. It is situated between Sharonville and Monroe, about 18 miles north of Cincinnati, and...

 and left King's Island. He teamed up with Curtis D. Summers, Inc., an engineering firm in Loveland, Ohio

Loveland, Ohio

Loveland is a city in Hamilton, Clermont, and Warren counties in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Ohio. Considered part of the Greater Cincinnati area, Loveland is located near exit 52 off Interstate 275, about northeast of the Cincinnati city limits. It borders Symmes, Miami and...

 to build several wooden roller coasters. The corporation also relocated many older wooden roller coasters from parks that had been closed to new parks.

In 1992, Summers died, and the Dinn Corporation did not develop any more coasters. However, Charles's daughter Denise Dinn Larrick took over and developed Custom Coasters International

Custom Coasters International

Custom Coasters International was one of the premier wooden roller coaster manufacturers in the world and produced more wooden coasters in recent times than any other company...

, which became another prominent wooden roller coaster company.