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Shockwave - Six Flags Great America (Gurnee, Illinois, USA)

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Roller Coaster: Shockwave
Amusement Park: Six Flags Great America (Gurnee, Illinois, USA)
Classification: Roller Coaster
Type: Steel - Sit Down
Status: Defunct
In Storage from 2003 to 2004
Operated from 6/3/1988 to 2002
Make / Model: Arrow Dynamics / All Models / Custom Looping Coaster
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Capacity: 2,000 riders per hour
 
Length: 3,900 ft 
Height: 170 ft 
Drop: 155 ft 
Inversions: 7 
Speed: 65 mph 
Duration: 2:20 
Elements: Loop
Loop
Loop
Block Brake
Batwing
Double Corkscrew
 
 
Trains: 3 trains with 7 cars per train. Riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows for a total of 28 riders per train.
Restrictions: Riders must be 54 in or taller to ride.
Restraints: Shoulder harness.
Built by: Arrow Dynamics
Facts: After the Shockwave was scrapped, the blue and yellow trains went to Six Flags Magic Mountain and the red train went to Six Flags Great Adventure.
History: McHenry Construction performed the steel erection as well as the disassembly of the Shockwave.  The foundation was built by Camosy Inc.
  In the fall of 2004 the Shockwave was scrapped.
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