Screamin' Eagle
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Screamin’ Eagle | |
Location | Six Flags St. Louis |
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Type | Wood |
Status | Open |
Opened | 1976 |
Manufacturer | Philadelphia Toboggan Company |
Designer | Don Rosser, John C. Allen, William Cobb |
Height | 110 ft (33.5 m) |
Drop | 92 ft (28 m) |
Length | 3872 ft (1180.2 m) |
Max speed | 62 mph (99.8 km/h) |
Inversions | 0 |
Duration | 2:30 |
Screamin’ Eagle at RCDB | |
Pictures of Screamin’ Eagle at RCDB |
The Screamin' Eagle is a wooden roller coaster located at Six Flags St. Louis in Eureka, Missouri. It is an older wooden style coaster with steep drops and sharp turns. When it originally opened it was the world's tallest, fastest and longest duration roller coaster, as documented in the Guinness Book of World Records. Since 1976 all of these records have been surpassed by other coasters.
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Roller coasters at Six Flags St. Louis |
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Batman: The Ride - The Boss - Mr. Freeze - The Ninja - Screamin' Eagle - River King Mine Train - Rockin' Roller |
Preceded by: Racer |
World's Fastest Roller Coaster April 1976–June 1978 |
Succeeded by: Colossus |