Removed, Operated from to -
Length | 2640 ft |
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Height | 80 ft |
Inversions | 0 |
Ads at the opening in 1894 described it as The Monster Mountain Schute, Intermural Railroad, and Toboggan Slide, but it was usually just named a toboggan slide. |
Pre-opening description from the Perkasie Central News, May 3, 1894: - It is the largest toboggan slide in the world. - It is the only toboggan built close to the ground, and consequently more safe than any other. - It is eighty feet high at the starting point. - Runs over the waters of Lake Lenape upon scaffolding forty feet high. - Is over half a mile in length. - Contains twenty thousand bolts and fifty thousand feet of lumber. - When riding in the cars a view can be had of five miles around. - Requires a twenty-five horse power engine and a forty-seven horse power boiler to operate it. |