Coaster Thrill Ride (Puyallup Fair)

Facts

Roller Coaster:	Coaster Thrill Ride
Amusement Park:	Puyallup Fair (Puyallup, Washington 98371 USA)
Classification:	Roller Coaster
Type:	Wood - Sit Down
Status:	Operating since 1935
Designer:	John A. Miller
Categories:	ACE Coaster Classic
Capacity:	1300 riders per hour

Length:	2650'
Height:	55'
Drop:	52'
Inversions:	0
Speed:	50 mph
Duration:	1:45
Max Vertical Angle:	63 Degrees

Trains:	Trains named: Ol' Yeller, Blaz'n Blue, and Or'nry Orange.

History:	Edward H. Bollinger was a Swiss immigrant who built and operated a kiddie airplane ride and a 45-foot Ferris wheel in 1932 at the corner of Ninth Avenue Southwest and Fifth Street. In 1935 Bollinger built the roller coaster using Douglas fir beams fashioned by the Brew Manufacturing Plant on Pioneer Avenue, a design by John A. Miller and trains by Frederick Church of Venice, CA. Edward H. Bollinger also owned Oaks Park in Portland, OR. Destroyed by fire in the 1940s. Redesigned by Walker LeRoy in 1950. Rebuilt in 1970.

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