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Boat Chute
Mill Chute at Lake Winnepesaukah, Rossville, Georgia. Opened 1927.
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- Carl O. Dixon
Boat Chute is a mill chute boat ride at Lake Winnepesaukah in Rossville, Georgia. Riders travel in boats along a winding channel and finish with a splashdown.
It was the park's first ride. Park founder Carl O. Dixon designed and built it in the winter of 1926 to 1927. The park calls it one of the oldest mill chute water rides in the United States, and Wikipedia notes that the National Amusement Park Historical Association considers it the oldest operating mill chute in the country.
Sources
- lakewinnie.com/rides/boat-chute (Park page: first attraction built at Lake Winnie; designed and constructed by founder Carl O. Dixon in the winter of 1926-1927; boat ride ending in a splashdown; one of the oldest mill chute water rides in the United States; 48-inch minimum to ride alone.)
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Winnepesaukah (Boat Chute (1927), the park's first ride; NAPHA considers it the oldest operating mill chute in the U.S.)
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