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Tornado (Coney Island)

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Status
  
Closed

Closing date
  
1977

Inversions
  
0

Closed
  
1977

Track length
  
905 m

Cost
  
250,000 USD

Opening date
  
1926

Type
  
Wood

Height
  
22 m

Opened
  
1926

Cost
  
250,000 USD

Builders
  
Frank Darling, Frank Prior, Fred Church, LaMarcus A. Thompson

Similar
  
A Trip to the Moon, Ghost Hole, Dante's Inferno, Flip Flap Railway, Thunderbolt

The Tornado, initially referred to as the Bobs, was a roller coaster in Coney Island located along Bowery Street . Designed by Fred Church and built by the L. A. Thompson Company, the roller coaster cost $250,000 to build in 1926. Much like the neighboring Cyclone, it was a hybrid coaster with a wooden track and steel structure.

The coaster featured a large tower in the middle in which it is said that LaMarcus Thompson was seen working, although he had already died years before his company constructed the coaster. For this reason, the coaster is sometimes referred to as "Church's Haunted Coaster."

In 1977, much of the coaster was damaged by arson and the coaster was completely demolished in April 1978.

References

Tornado (Coney Island) Wikipedia