Coordinates: 42°47′42″N 71°15′01″W / 42.795, -71.25028 Canobie Lake Park is an amusement park located in Salem, New Hampshire. Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ... Theme park redirects here. ... Salem is a town located in Rockingham County, New Hampshire. ...

Description

Canobie Lake Park opened on August 23, 1902 as a trolley park for the Massachusetts Northeast Street Railway Company.^[1] The amusement park has opened every summer since then. In the park's early years, it was known for its flower gardens, promenades and gentle attractions. Today, owned by 3 different families, the park features over 50 rides, including roller coasters, a log flume, the "Timber Splash Water Coaster", a hand-painted antique carousel, a steam train, a Ferris wheel, the "Starblaster", "Dodgems", "DaVinci's Dream", over a dozen kiddie rides, a variety of foods, prize games, three arcades, live entertainment, fireworks, and more. Canobie Lake Park logo, 2006 Canobie Lake is a small lake located near Salem, New Hampshire in the United States. ... {| style=float:right; |- | |- | |} is the 235th day of the year (236th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1902 (MCMII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday [1] of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... In the United States, trolley parks, which started in the 19th century, were picnic and recreation areas at the ends of streetcar lines, created by the streetcar companies to give people a reason to use their services on weekends. ... A typical roller coaster The roller coaster is a popular amusement ride developed for amusement parks and modern theme parks. ... A log flume ride A log flume is a horizontal structure that has a cavity for flowing water to carry lumber and logs and generally spans a long distance. ... This article is about the amusement ride. ... A Ferris wheel on the boardwalk in Ocean City, New Jersey, USA. A Ferris wheel (or, more commonly in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland [UK], big wheel) is a nonbuilding structure consisting of an upright wheel with passenger gondolas suspended from the rim. ... Bumper car at a small town fair Bumper car is the generic name for a type of flat ride consisting of several small electric cars that draw their power from an overhead grid, which is turned off by the operator at the end of a session. ...

The Yankee Cannonball, a 1930s era wooden roller coaster, is one of the park's best known rides. The park also has a looping, steel roller coaster named "Canobie Corkscrew", designed by Arrow Dynamics. It was formerly located at Old Chicago, where it was called the "Chicago Loop".^[2] There is also a kiddie coaster, called "The Dragon". Yankee Cannonball is a wooden style out-and-back style roller coaster built in 1930 and relocated from Lakewood Park and opened in 1936 at Canobie Lake Park. ... The Texas Giant, a large wooden roller coaster at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington, TX Thunderbird in the PowerPark amusement park A wooden roller coaster or woodie is most often classified as a roller coaster with laminated steel running rails overlayed upon a wooden track. ... Two interlocking corkscrew elements side by side on Superman: Krypton Coaster. ... The Dueling Dragons, the worlds only Dueling Steel-Inverted roller coaster located at Islands of Adventure in Universal Orlando Resort, Orlando, Florida. ... Arrow Dynamics was a roller coaster design company based in Clearfield, Utah. ... Old Chicagos logo. ...

Previous logo of Canobie Lake Park

The park also features one of the few "dark rides" located in New England, titled "Mine of Lost Souls". Passengers board a mine train and are transported into the depths of a dark mine, which begins to collapse. Another popular flat ride at Canobie is the "Psychodrome", a 12-car Sizzler ride located in a dome, with special effects lighting and music. Image File history File links Clp_logo_small. ... Image File history File links Clp_logo_small. ... A sizzler twist made by the Twist Company, in the sunset The Twist, also known as the Twister, Cyclone, Sizzler, Scrambler or Grasscutter is a highly successful ride made up of three arms with clusters attached which have cars attached to them. ...

Located towards the back of the park, along the lake, is a classic Chute-the-Chutes ride titled "The Boston Tea Party". It is themed after the actual Boston Tea Party, a protest by American colonists in 1773. Riders board a large boat and are transported up a lift hill. They turn around and plunge down a tunnel into the water below, creating a massive wave. This article is about a 1773 American protest. ...

Another ride that can be found in the back portion of the park is a classic Rotor ride named "Turkish Twist". Here, the riders stand with their backs to the wall of a cylindrical drum (with no ceiling, so that others can watch from above). The entire drum begins spinning, and the riders are pushed against the wall by the strong centrifugal force. The floor then drops out from beneath them, while they remain stuck to the wall. In 2001,the park opened Ocean Trip,a cool trip though the ocean,the world of colorful fish and sharks. 2002 was the park's 100th season. In 2002, the park opened an S&S Power Double Shot ride named "Starblaster".^[3] In 2003 the park opened "DaVinci's Dream", a Chair-O-Planes-type ride. "Wipeout", a tropical surf theme ride, replaced "Kosmo Jets" (an SDC Telecombat ride). It opened for the last three days of the 2004 season, and was officially opened in 2005. Also in 2005, the park opened a new water park called "Castaway Island". The park also added a ride called "Skater". "Skater" took up some of the removed "Rockin' Rider" site, but has since been moved to the old location of the "Paratroopers" ride (which will be sold and has been removed from the park). In 2007, Canobie Lake opened a HUSS Frisbee named "Xtreme Frisbee" at the original "Rockin' Rider" site. Interior of the Rotor at Luna Park Sydney. ... Centrifugal force (from Latin centrum centre and fugere to flee) is a term which may refer to two different forces which are related to rotation. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... S&S Power is company known for its pneumatically powered rides. ... Double Shot is a type of amusement ride manufactured by S&S Power. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A Chair-O-Planes ride with a tilting top Stationary Chair-O-Planes showing chairs on hanging chains. ... The Wipeout is a newer form of the Trabant. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... HUSS Maschinenfabrik or HUSS Rides is a German-based amusement park ride manufacturing company. ... The original Huss Frisbee, owned by German showman Rudolf Robrahn Sledgehammer, a Giant Frisbee at Bobbejaanland The Frisbee is an pendulum-motion amusement ride designed by HUSS Maschinenfabrik. ...

Rides at Canobie Lake Park

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• Canobie Corkscrew
• Wipeout (Chance Morgan Wipeout)(Added in 2005)
• Pirata (Pirate ship)
• Psychodrome (an indoor Scrambler ride with music, and various visual effects. (Added in 1989^[4])
• Turkish Twist (Rotor, Added in 1981)
• Xtreme Frisbee (HUSS Frisbee)(Added in 2007

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Blue square rides

• DaVinci's Dream (Chair-O-Planes)(Added in 2003)
• Yankee Cannonball
• Skater(Zamperla)
• Boston Tea Party (Added in 1998^[5])
• Policy Pond Log Flume (Added in 1983)
• Timber Splash Water coaster (Added in 1994)
• Giant Sky Wheel (Ferris wheel)
• Crazy Cups(Philadelphia Toboggan Company)
• Mine of Lost Souls (Dark ride)
• Dodgems
• Twist & Shout (Tilt-A-Whirl)
• Rowdy Roosters (Flying Scooters)
• Caterpillar
• Dragon Coaster(Zamperla)
• Over the Rainbow (Added in 2001^[6])(Zamperla)

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Green circle rides

• Canobie 500
• Antique Carousel
• Blue Heron Lake Cruise
• Ocean Trip (Added in 2001^[6])
• Antique Cars
• Sky Ride
• Jungle Bounce
• Flower Power (Kiddie Whip, Added in 1995)
• Alpine Swing (Kiddie version of Da Vinci's Dream)
• Mini Dinos
• Junior Sports Cars (Kiddie version of the Canobie 500)
• Rescue (Added in 1989^[4])
• Tiki-Maze
• Kiddie Canoes
• Mini-Scooters (Kiddie version of the Dodgems)
• Vertigo Theatre
• Canobie Express Train (Crown Steam Engine, propane fired)
• Kiddieland (a small area with rides for children only)

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Other rides and attractions

• Castaway Island (added in 2005^[7])
• Rock Wall
• Fireworks
• Games and Arcades
• Shows at the Country Stage, Midway Stage and Dancehall Theater
• Music by the Canobie Ramblers at the Log Flume Gazebo
• "Canobie Critters", with names Patches, Molly, Bruno, and Dapper.

Retired Attractions

• Round up (Retired 2008)^{[citation needed]}
• Matterhorn (Retired 2007)
• The Swamp (Pretzel, Dark Ride)
• Moon Orbitor (Added in 1989^[4], Retired 2002)
• Kosmojets (SDC Telecombat)(Added ????)
• Calypso
• Jr. Roller Coaster
• Paratroopers (Retired 2006)(Added in ????)
• The Whip
• Swimming Pool (Retired 2007)
• Canobie Queen (paddle wheel riverboat)
• Skating Rink
• USA Missile
• Rockin' Rider (Galaxi, Retired 2004)
• Petting Zoo
• House Of Seven Gables (Walk through haunted house)

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Trivia

• The Paratroopers, Caterpillar, and the Kosmo Jets rides were originally purchased from Palisades Amusement Park in New Jersey.^{[citation needed]}
• The number on the side of the steam engine, "1902", is the year the park opened.^[1]
• After purchasing the park in the 1960s, the owners burned all the pins from the bowling alley to keep warm during their first winter.^[1]
• The Yankee Cannonball's lift hill was destroyed by Hurricane Carol in 1954.
• Despite the warning sign at the ride's entrance, the Psychodrome no longer employs strobe lights. The strobes weren't removed (and are still visible on the inside of the dome), but colored non-flashing "disco" lights are used instead.^{[citation needed]}
• The Lake and Palace Arcades feature a wide selection of antique machines, many of which are in working order.
• Tiki Maze was formerly known as "Crystal Orbiter", a reference to the fact that the entire building is on a motor-driven rotating platform. The mechanism has been broken for many years and there are no plans to repair it. The rotation controls can be seen in the control booth just to the left of the maze entrance.
• From the 1930’s to the early 1950’s, Canobie Lake Park’s Dancehall Theater became known as an entertainment destination hosting names such as Guy Lombardo, Duke Ellington, Frank Sinatra, and later, Sonny & Cher and Aerosmith.^[8]
• From 1979 through 1982, the park employed a house band which they called, "The Canobie Brass". The band played three shows daily on the stage directly across from the entrance to the Yankee Cannonball. Members of the band were students from the University of Lowell College of Music, Berklee College of Music and Boston University. Instrumentation fluctuated somewhat, but the typical ensemble was alto sax/clarinet, tenor sax/flute, trumpet, trombone, electric piano, electric bass and drums.

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References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Seed, Douglas, & Khalife, Katherine (1996). Salem, NH. Volume II - Trolleys, Canobie Lake, and Rockingham Park, Images Of America. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 0-7524-0438-5.
2. ^ "Salem's Canobie Lake Park Has Given 80 Years of Fun", New Hampshire Sunday News (Manchester, NH), June 17, 1990, Colleen Cowette
3. ^ s&swebwide2
4. ^ ^{a b c} "CANOBIE SPECIAL", Boston Globe, April 16, 1989.
5. ^ "For your amusement - Region's theme parks have a host of new rides to thrill and chill you", Boston Herald, July 5, 1998, Karyn Miller-Medzon
6. ^ ^{a b} "More sure signs of spring: Canobie Lake Park opens", New Hampshire Sunday News (Manchester, NH), April 29, 2001
7. ^ "Canobie's new Castaway Island water complex opens", Manchester Union Leader, May 26, 2005
8. ^ Canobie Lake Park

• Official Canobie Lake Park web site
• Unofficial Canobie Lake Park web site
• Unofficial Canobie Lake Park Appreciation site
• Detailed review of Canobie Lake Park, circa 2001
• Ride change info, circa 2003
• Canobie Ramblers Official site