Arts & Entertainment
Kennywood Releases New Steel Curtain Construction Video
Construction is progressing on the much anticipated coaster opening this summer.
PITTSBURGH, PA - Interest in Kennywood’s new Steel Curtain coaster has been intense since the the project was announced last summer. The West Mifflin amusement park is keeping people updated on how construction is progressing and has posted a new time-lapse video on YouTube showing the coaster’s yellow steel rising on the old Log Jammer site.
Opening this summer, the Steelers-themed coaster:
- Will be 4,000 feet long reaching speeds of 75 mph.
- Will have the world's largest inversion of 197 feet.
- Will be Pennsylvania's tallest coaster, with a maximum height of 220 feet.
- Will have 9 inversions, the most of any North American coaster.
The Steel Curtain will open in conjunction with the new Steelers Country area of the park.
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