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Meteor
Wood Junior at Little Amerricka, Marshall, Wisconsin. Opened 2007.
- Height
- 28 ft
- Drop
- n/a
- Top speed
- n/a
- Length
- 900 ft
- Inversions
- 0
- Ride time
- 50 s
- Designer
- Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters
Sources
- rcdb.com/2570.htm (RCDB: Meteor, Little Amerricka; operating since 2007-08-08; wood, sit down, family; Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters Junior Coaster, serial 120; designer Herbert Paul Schmeck; length 900 ft, height 28 ft, 0 inversions, duration 0:50; chain lift; relocated from Kiddytown and Hillcrest Park (both as Little Dipper); bought at Hillcrest Park's auction for $9,000 on 10/25/2003)
- rcdb.com/4598.htm (RCDB: Little Amerricka, 700 East Main Street, Marshall, Wisconsin; operating since 1991; formerly Little A-Merrick-A (1991 to 2006); coasters Swiss Toboggan (1993), Little Dipper (1993), Mad Mouse (1993), Meteor (2007-08-08))
- littleamerricka.com/rides (Official rides list: The Meteor wooden roller coaster, Little Dipper, Mad Mouse, Tobaggon (described as one of three remaining toboggan coasters in the world))
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Amerricka (Meteor first opened in 1953 at Kiddytown in Norridge, Illinois, as Little Dipper; moved to Hillcrest Park in Lemont, Illinois (1966 or 1967) and ran there until 2003; bought by Little Amerricka in 2003, about 75% of the wood replaced; opened 2007)
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