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Shockwave (Six Flags Great America)
Defunct roller coaster / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For a different "Shockwave" roller coaster that had been sited at various Six Flags parks, see Batman The Escape.
Shockwave (occasionally stylized as ShockWave or Shock Wave) was a roller coaster manufactured by Arrow Dynamics at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Illinois. Standing 170 feet (52 m) tall and reaching speeds of 65 miles per hour (105 km/h), it opened in 1988 as the world's tallest and fastest looping roller coaster with a record-breaking seven inversions: three vertical loops, a boomerang (also known as a batwing), and two regular corkscrews.[2] Shockwave was closed in 2002 and has been dismantled.
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Six Flags Great America | |
Location | Six Flags Great America |
Park section | Orleans Place |
Coordinates | 42.3712°N 87.9343°W / 42.3712; -87.9343 |
Status | Removed |
Opening date | June 3, 1988 (1988-06-03) |
Closing date | 2002 (2002) |
Cost | $6,000,000[1] |
Replaced by | Superman: Ultimate Flight |
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Type | Steel |
Manufacturer | Arrow Dynamics |
Model | Custom Looping Coaster |
Lift/launch system | Chain lift hill |
Height | 170 ft (52 m) |
Drop | 155 ft (47 m) |
Length | 3,900 ft (1,200 m) |
Speed | 65 mph (105 km/h) |
Inversions | 7 |
Duration | 2:20 |
Capacity | 2000 riders per hour |
Height restriction | 54 in (137 cm) |
Shockwave at RCDB |
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