Thunderbolt (Coney Island)

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Thunderbolt

Thunderbolt, 1995
Location Coney Island
Type Wood
Status Demolished
Opened 1925
Manufacturer George Moran
Designer John A. Miller
Height 86 ft (26 m)
Inversions 0
Duration 1:17
Thunderbolt at RCDB
Pictures of Thunderbolt at RCDB

The Thunderbolt was a wooden roller coaster located at Coney Island in Brooklyn, New York. It operated from 1925 until 1982 and was finally demolished in autumn 2000.[1] It was designed by John Miller.[2]

[edit] History

It was featured briefly in Woody Allen's 1977 film Annie Hall[1] as the boyhood home of Alvy Singer (Allen's character). The house was a real residence, built in 1895 as the Kensington Hotel. (The coaster was constructed atop this building.)[citation needed]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Thunderbolt. Roller Coaster Database. Retrieved on 2007-09-28.
  2. ^ Rutherford, Scott (2000) The American Roller Coaster, MBI Publishing Company, Wisconsin. ISBN #0760306893.
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