Friday, August 17, 2007

Original Steel Phantom Concept Art


Back in 1991 Kennywood Amusement Park opened a monster of a steel coaster, the Steel Phantom. Arrow Dynamics designed the Phantom to include a 225 ft. drop taken at speeds of 80 m.p.h., as well as four inversions.

This was quite the big deal at this point in the history of amusement rides. The drop was the world's longest, and the top speed the fastest. Such a big ride deserved some big concept art, right?

Well, here's what Kennywood came up with all those years ago:

Pretty cool, eh?

As we all know, Steel Phantom is no more, and Phantom's Revenge now tears around this section of the park.


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