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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GAV_the-windmill_West-Mifflin-PA.html
Built in 1921 on an island in the lagoon, (main show area now), the Windmill was moved here in 1940. It was copied from a similar attraction in Coney Island, Cincinnati, Ohio.
The Windmill is included in an oil painting by the famous primitive st…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GAU_the-turtle_West-Mifflin-PA.html
Originally known as the Tumble Bug and built by Travers Co. of Beaver Falls, this ride used to be a standard in just about every amusement park in North Amercia. This one has been at Kennywood since 1927.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GAT_the-pagoda_West-Mifflin-PA.html
Although not a historic landmark, this oriental pagoda was inspired by one in Trivoli Gardens in Copenhagen, Denmark.
The gargoyles around the building were carved in the 1920's by the carousel craftsmen of the Philadelphia Toboggan Co.. No two a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GAS_andrew-stephen-mcswigan_West-Mifflin-PA.html
Newspaper reporter who won preeminent distinction at the Johnstown Flood; Knight of Columbus Secretary with Croix de Guerre in World War; a devoted servant of his church, city, state and country; national leader in making the park business respect…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GAR_miniature-railroad_West-Mifflin-PA.html
Although the cars have been changed in appearance, the engines look much like they did at the New York World's Fair of 1938-39 The Century of Progress Exposition.
The train was known there as the Gimbels Flyer and was brought to Kennywood at the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GAQ_laffin-sal_West-Mifflin-PA.html
Sal debuted at Kennywood in 1931 as a free attraction in front of the Laff in the Dark. It was during the Great Depression and provided some of the best medicine available in that sad period-Laughs.
When the ride was razed in 1965 to make room fo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GAP_the-kenny-fountain_West-Mifflin-PA.html
...is dedicated to Thomas J. Kenny, who in 1818 crossed the Alleghenies and purchased this property for five pounds, ten shillings, six pence, and a barrel of whiskey. The farm he established later was called Kenny's Grove, a retreat where the nei…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GAO_george-was-here_West-Mifflin-PA.html
At the bottom of the cliff on which Kennywood sits, the largest British army assembled up until then in the American colonies... with flags flying and drums beating... forded the Monongahela on July 9, 1755. The battle that followed directly acros…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GAG_thunderbolt_West-Mifflin-PA.html
Once named the "King of Coasters" by the New York Times, the Thunderbolt opened in 1968. It s [sic] unique design uses the first two and last two dips of the Pippin, with the lift hill structure and helix turns added that year.
The trains, also f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GAF_kennywoods-thunderbolt_West-Mifflin-PA.html
American Coaster Enthusiasts (ACE) recognizes Kennywood's Thunderbolt as an ACE Roller Coaster Landmark, a designation reserved for rides of historic significance.
Originally built as the Pippin in 1924 by renowned coaster designer John A. Miller…