| Comet | |
| Location | Lincoln Park |
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| Type | Wood |
| Status | Standing but not operating |
| Opened | 1946 |
| Closed | 1987 |
| Manufacturer | National Amusement Device Company |
| Designer | Edward Leis, Vernon Keenan |
| Lift/launch system | Chain lift |
| Height | 65 ft (20 m) |
| Length | 3,000 ft (910 m) |
| Max speed | 55 mph (89 km/h) |
| Duration | 2:10 |
| Comet at RCDB Pictures of Comet at RCDB |
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The Comet is a twister-layout wooden roller coaster that operated in the now defunct Lincoln Park in Massachusetts. Lincoln Park may refer to several Towns Neighborhoods Parks and census-designated places in the United States and Canada, as well A wooden roller coaster or woodie is most often classified as a Roller coaster with laminated steel running rails overlaid Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) A lift hill, or chain hill, is often the initial upward-sloping section of track on a typical Roller coaster that initially transports the Roller coaster A twister roller coaster is the generic name given to any Roller coaster layout which tends to twist or interweave its track within itself several times A wooden roller coaster or woodie is most often classified as a Roller coaster with laminated steel running rails overlaid Lincoln Park was a park opened in 1894 by the Union Street Railway Company of New Bedford Massachusetts, located in North Dartmouth Massachusetts on the The Commonwealth of Massachusetts ( is a state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It operated from 1946 until 1987. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) It continues to rot away as time passes by.
History of The Comet
The coaster was designed by Edward Leis and Vernon Keenan and built by the National Amusement Device Company. The ride was 3000 feet long, and had a top speed of 55mph. One ride lasted two minutes and ten seconds. It had two trains, each with five cars, arranged with two per row, two rows per car, for a total of 20 riders per train. A roller coaster train describes the Vehicle (s which transports Passengers around a Roller coaster 's circuit
The coaster was originally designed with five cars, but during the last years of its operation, the ride was shortened to four to allow the last carts to be used for spare parts. The ride continues to stand, though it's lifthill has been partially collapsed as of 2005. As of the winter of 2008, the Comet's station building has completely collapsed. The cause is unknown, but was most likely the result of either heavy snow or just wrought.
Possible Rebirth
The trains of the ride were purchased by Little Merrick Amusement Park when the ride closed. Merrick also expressed interest buying the coaster in 2002. The owner of Lincoln Park at the time, Walter Bronhard, offered to sell the coaster for $90,000, but received no buyers. Various preservation efforts were made to save the coaster, but as of January 2005 when the coasters lift had collapsed, the efforts had generally been abandoned. A lift hill, or chain hill, is often the initial upward-sloping section of track on a typical Roller coaster that initially transports the Roller coaster Instead, A-Merrick-A expressed that it would probably build an exact replica of the ride though the status of this plan is currently unknown.
External links
- Comet Roller Coaster at Lincoln Park in Oct 2006.
- A tribute site to Lincoln Park with over 80 photos of the park today.
- A MySpace tribute site for Lincoln Park & the Comet.