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Kennywood is an amusement park in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, just southeast of Pittsburgh. The park opened on May 30, 1898, as a trolley park attraction at the end of the Mellon family 's Monongahela Street Railway.
West Mifflin is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, located southeast of downtown Pittsburgh. The population was 19,589 at the 2020 census . [ 5 ] It is named after Thomas Mifflin , 1st Governor of Pennsylvania , signer of the United States Constitution , and 1st Quartermaster General of the United States Army .
Phantom's Revenge is a steel hypercoaster located at Kennywood amusement park in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania. It originally opened as Steel Phantom in 1991, featuring the fastest speed and longest drop of any roller coaster in the world. Its second drop is longer than its first, which is a unique characteristic among roller coasters.
WEST MIFFLIN ― For the third year in a row, Kennywood and Phantom’s Revenge secured top 10 spots in the USA Today 10Best Readers’ Choice Awards. Kennywood earned the eighth spot on the USA ...
Racer is a wooden racing roller coaster located at Kennywood amusement park in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania.Built by Charlie Mach and designed by John A. Miller, Racer opened to the public in 1927 and is one of the oldest operating roller coasters in the world.
On January 27, 1983, Kennywood Park Corporation of West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh, bought the park from the Macdonald family for a reported price of $1.8 million. Ironically, both Kennywood and Idlewild were founded as amusement parks by the Mellon family. During the first winter, several changes occurred.
Sky Rocket is a steel roller coaster located at Kennywood amusement park in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania. Manufactured by Premier Rides, Sky Rocket opened to the public on June 29, 2010. It was the first major coaster addition at the park in almost a decade, following the renovation of Phantom's Revenge in 2001. It was also the first coaster in ...
USA TODAY 17 minutes ago 8 dead, 1,000 rescued from Kentucky flooding as extreme weather sweeps nation; more to come. More than 450,000 homes and businesses were without power Sunday morning ...