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Little Dipper (roller coaster)
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For the wooden roller coaster at Six Flags Great America
, see Little Dipper (Six Flags Great America)
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The Little Dipper is a junior steel roller coaster
located at Memphis Kiddie Park
in Brooklyn, Ohio
.
The coaster was built by The Allan Herschell Company
and began operating in April 1952, making it the oldest continuously-operating steel roller coaster
from its original location in North America
. In the 1970s, the original train was replaced with one that had silver with blue accents. For the 2006 season it was repainted red with white accents.
The coaster has one three-car train
. Riders are seated two across with two rows per car, giving the coaster a capacity of 12 riders.
Six Flags Great America
Six Flags Great America is a Six Flags theme park in the Chicago metropolitan area, located in Gurnee, Illinois. It first opened in 1976 as Marriott's Great America. Six Flags purchased the park from the Marriott Corporation in 1984, making it the seventh park in the chain...
, see Little Dipper (Six Flags Great America)
Little Dipper (Six Flags Great America)
Little Dipper is a wooden roller coaster located at Six Flags Great America, an amusement park in Gurnee, Illinois. Little Dipper was built in 1950 by Philadelphia Toboggan Company and operated at Kiddieland Amusement Park in Melrose Park, Illinois in the Chicago metropolitan area until Kiddieland...
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The Little Dipper is a junior steel roller coaster
Steel roller coaster
A steel roller coaster is a roller coaster that is defined by having a track made of steel. Steel coasters have earned immense popularity in the past 50 years throughout the world...
located at Memphis Kiddie Park
Memphis Kiddie Park
Memphis Kiddie Park is an 11-ride amusement park located in Brooklyn, Ohio, designed specifically for children and families.Memphis Kiddie Park opened on May 28, 1952. The park was one of several designed and opened by Stuart Winter, who eventually closed all but the Memphis Kiddie Park to focus...
in Brooklyn, Ohio
Brooklyn, Ohio
Brooklyn is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. The population was 11,169 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Brooklyn is located at ....
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The coaster was built by The Allan Herschell Company
The Allan Herschell Company
The Allan Herschell Company was a company that specialized in the creation of amusement rides, particularly carousels and roller coasters. The company manufactured portable machines which could be used by traveling carnival operators...
and began operating in April 1952, making it the oldest continuously-operating steel roller coaster
Steel roller coaster
A steel roller coaster is a roller coaster that is defined by having a track made of steel. Steel coasters have earned immense popularity in the past 50 years throughout the world...
from its original location in North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
. In the 1970s, the original train was replaced with one that had silver with blue accents. For the 2006 season it was repainted red with white accents.
The coaster has one three-car train
Train (roller coaster)
A roller coaster train or car describes the vehicle which transports passengers around a roller coaster's circuit. More specifically, a roller coaster train is made up of two or more "cars" which are connected by some sort of specialized joint. It is called a "train" because the cars follow one...
. Riders are seated two across with two rows per car, giving the coaster a capacity of 12 riders.
See also
- For other roller coasters named Little Dipper, see Little Dipper (disambiguation)