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In 1987, rock singer Freddy Cannon recorded a remade version of his 1962 hit "Palisades Park" called "Kennywood Park", featuring attractions at Kennywood. The song was released on a limited-edition 45 vinyl pressing and sold as a $1.99 fundraising item for Pittsburgh's Children's Hospital through the now-defunct National Record Mart. [ 45 ...
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.
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.
Jack Rabbit is a wooden roller coaster located at Kennywood Park in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania.Designed and built by John A. Miller [2] and Harry C. Baker, [3] Jack Rabbit opened in 1920, making it one of the oldest roller coasters in the world still in operation. [4]
Thunderbolt, previously known as Pippin, is a wooden roller coaster located at Kennywood amusement park in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania. It was originally built and designed by John A. Miller and opened in 1924. It was later renovated for the 1968 season, which involved a major track expansion designed by Andy Vettel.
Auto Race, previously known as Auto Ride, is a miniature car ride located at Kennywood amusement park in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania. It was conceived and designed by Harry Guy Traver of Traver Engineereing. It features a set of electric cars traveling through a wooden trough-like track lined with metal strips used to carry the electrical ...
Grand Carousel. Grand Carousel, also known as Merry-Go-Round, was built in 1926 for the Philadelphia sesquicentennial by William H. Dentzel. Finished too late for the sesquicentennial, it was instead installed at Kennywood amusement park in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania in 1927.
Kennywood Entertainment Co. was effectively created in 1906, when F. W. Henninger and Andrew McSwigan bought the Kennywood amusement park from the Mellon family's Monongahela Railway Company. The two families controlled the park and its future sister parks until they sold the parks in 2007.