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Brat - Erieview Park (Geneva, Ohio, USA)

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Roller Coaster: Brat
Amusement Park: Erieview Park (Geneva, Ohio, USA)
Classification: Roller Coaster
Type: Steel - Sit Down
Status: Defunct
Operated from 1961 to 9/9/2006
Builder: B. A. Schiff & Associates
Manufactured: 1959
 
Inversions: 0 
 
Trains: Single train with 5 cars. Riders are arranged 2 across in a single row for a total of 10 riders.
 
Etymology: The Brat's name came from a group of particularly rambunctious YMCA kids riding one day.  The name stuck with the ride operators.
Facts: Portable low-boy model.
  A 1959 issue of Billboard Magazine reports "Pera's Summer Resort" (the name of Erieview Park at the time) purchased a steel roller coaster in early 1959.  This conflicts with the information above provided by a manager of Erieview Park.
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