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- If you are looking for the current version of this ride, it's called Phantom's Revenge.
Steel Phantom was a steel roller coaster located at Kennywood in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, USA.
History[]
The idea for Steel Phantom came from Henry Henniger, president of Kennywood Entertainment Company, who wanted a record-breaking steel coaster. Henniger was unsure how to fit the ride into the park, however a layout was worked out in conjunction with Arrow Dynamics.[1] On July 27, 1990, Kennywood announced the name for their new steel roller coaster would be Steel Phantom and that it would use the same station as the out-going Laser Loop.[2] The ride opened on May 10, 1990 as the fastest and steepest roller coaster in the world. It was also the first hyper roller coaster to feature inversions.
A few days after Steel Phantom's debut, the ride shut to allow a trim brake to be installed, as the train was going faster than it should through the inversions, causing riders to experience pain in their necks.[3]
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