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Little Dipper
Steel Junior at Memphis Kiddie Park, Brooklyn, Ohio. Opened 1952.
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- Designer
- Allan Herschell Company
Little Dipper is a small steel roller coaster at Memphis Kiddie Park in Brooklyn, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland. Built by the Allan Herschell Company as one of its Little Dipper kiddie coaster models, it opened in 1952, the year the park opened, and it is the park's only roller coaster.
The oval track includes a camelback hill, and each ride is two trips around the circuit. There are no inversions. The single train has three cars, each seating four riders in two rows of two. The original Herschell train was replaced in the early 1970s, and for the 2006 season the train was repainted red with white accents. The ride did not operate in 2020, when the park stayed closed during the COVID-19 pandemic.
In 2000 American Coaster Enthusiasts honored Little Dipper as the oldest continuously operating steel roller coaster in its original location in North America. Wikipedia notes that a Little Dipper of the same model at Conneaut Lake Park in Pennsylvania has operated in its original location since 1950.
Sources
- memphiskiddiepark.com/kiddie-rides (Official: Little Dipper climbs and falls over its camelback hill and returns to the station; each ride is two trips around; ACE recognition as oldest continuously operating steel coaster in its original location in North America)
- rcdb.com/635.htm (RCDB: Little Dipper, Memphis Kiddie Park; operating since May 16, 1952; steel sit-down kiddie coaster, oval; make Allan Herschell Company, model Kiddie Coaster / Little Dipper; 0 inversions; single train of 3 cars, 2 across in 2 rows, 12 riders; original train replaced in the early 1970s; repainted red with white accents for 2006)
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Dipper_(Memphis_Kiddie_Park) (Opened April 1952, built by the Allan Herschell Company; ACE plaque from June 2000; Conneaut Lake Park's same-model Little Dipper has operated in its original location since 1950; not operated in 2020 because the park was closed for COVID-19)
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