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Roller Coaster
Thunderbolt
- Manufacturer
- National Amusement Device Company
- Model
- Unknown
- Opened
- March 27, 1968
- Ride Duration
- 1:41
Track layout
Thunderbolt — official partial course description
Verified schematic · not to scale
- Station
- 1Immediate plunge into ravine
- 2Terrain course
- 3Chain lift hill
- 4Largest 90 ft drop near ride finale
- Brakes · Station
Shows the order of elements only. Shape, distance, height and direction are not represented.
Known coaster characteristics (not geometry)
- Wood track
- Terrain coaster
Horizontal Moderate ConfidenceSource: Thunderbolt — official Kennywood page · Accessed October 6, 2026Version 1
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- drop_ft · Duration · Height · Inversions · length_ft · Opening date · Speed · track_typeThunderbolt — RCDBRoller Coaster DataBase · Accessed October 6, 2026
Specifications
- Track
- Wood
- Height
- 70 ft
- Drop
- 90 ft
- Speed
- 55 mph
- Length
- 3250 ft
- Inversions
- 0
- Lift
- chain