Blue Streak (Conneaut Lake)
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Blue Streak | |
Location | Conneaut Lake Park |
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Type | Wood |
Status | Open |
Opened | May 23, 1937 |
Manufacturer | National Amusement Devices |
Designer | Ed Vettel |
Model | Out and Back roller coaster |
Height | 77 feet (23.5 m) |
Drop | 69 feet (21 m) |
Length | 2,900 feet (883.9 m) |
Max speed | 50 mile per hour (80.5 km/h) |
Inversions | 0 |
Duration | 2:20 |
Blue Streak at RCDB | |
Pictures of Blue Streak at RCDB |
Built in 1937, Blue Streak is a wooden roller coaster, and the only wooden coaster operating at at Conneaut Lake Park in Conneaut Lake, Pennsylvania. Blue Streak follows the out and back design. It was the first coaster nominated as a coaster classic by the American Coaster Enthusiasts, It is the 6th oldest wooden roller coaster in the United States, and it is the only shallow coaster designed by Ed Vettel which is still in operation. Blue Streak underwent major renovations in 1997, and in 2002 its original 1937 trains were brought back to replace the silver trains used since the 1960s.