Jack Rabbit (Seabreeze)

Jack Rabbit
Jack Rabbit
	Station
Seabreeze Amusement Park
Location	Seabreeze Amusement Park
Coordinates	43°13′54″N 77°32′36″W / 43.231552°N 77.543231°WCoordinates: 43°13′54″N 77°32′36″W / 43.231552°N 77.543231°W
Status	Operating
Opening date	1920
General statistics
Type	Wood
Manufacturer	Harry C. Baker
Designer	John A. Miller
Track layout	Terrain, Out and Back
Lift/launch system	chain
Height	75 ft (23 m)
Length	2,130 ft (650 m)
Speed	42 mph (68 km/h)
Max vertical angle	52°
Height restriction	48 in (122 cm)
	Jack Rabbit at RCDB; Pictures of Jack Rabbit at RCDB

Jack Rabbit (commonly known as the Jack Rabbit) is an "out and back" wooden roller coaster located at Seabreeze Amusement Park in Irondequoit, New York. At its opening in 1920, it was the fastest roller coaster in the world. The Giant Dipper in Santa Cruz, California, superseded it in 1924. Jack Rabbit is the fourth oldest operating roller coaster in the world^[1] and the second oldest in the USA. The oldest, Leap-The-Dips in Altoona, Pennsylvania, was closed from 1985 to 1999, making Jack Rabbit the oldest continuously operating coaster in the country.^[2] It features a double dip element, common on John A. Miller designs of the time including the well-known Jack Rabbit at Kennywood Park.

Location in Sea Breeze[]

Jack Rabbit is located on the eastern side of Seabreeze, in Lot #1, neighbouring the Bear Trax, the Tilt-a-Whirl, the recent Time Machine, and the Seabreeze Flyers, (also known as the kites).

Train in station
Brake levers
Train on lift hill
Train descending its double dip element

References[]

^ "National Amusement Park Historic Association, World's Oldest Operating Roller Coasters". Retrieved 2008-06-21.
^ Greenberg, Peter (August 7, 2010). "Five Best Roller Coasters in the U.S." CBS News.com. Archived from the original on August 7, 2010. Retrieved August 7, 2010.

External links[]

Seabreeze site with photos and video

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[oldest-1] "National Amusement Park Historic Association, World's Oldest Operating Roller Coasters". Retrieved 2008-06-21.

[FiveBestCoasters-2] Greenberg, Peter (August 7, 2010). "Five Best Roller Coasters in the U.S." CBS News.com. Archived from the original on August 7, 2010. Retrieved August 7, 2010.

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