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    Kennywood is approximately 8 miles (13 km) from Downtown Pittsburgh, in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania.

    The park is along Penn-


    sylvania Route 837 (Green Belt), known as Kennywood Boulevard as it passes through the borough. The closest Interstate con-
    nection is Exit 77 (Edgewood/Swissvale) on Interstate 376.[7] The Mon–Fayette Expressway will eventually go past Kennywood,
    which will prompt an expansion of the park when it is built.[8]
    Historically, the park is on the location of the July 9, 1755 Battle of the Monongahela, where British general Edward Brad-
    dock was mortally wounded, ending his expedition to capture the French Fort Duquesne during the French and Indian
    War. George Washington was a colonel to Braddock, and fought at the battle before they retreated.[9] Later the land on the bluff
    above the Monongahela River was part of a farm owned by Anthony Kenny. Starting around the time of the American Civil War,
    the site was a popular picnic grove for locals, known as "Kenny's Grove".[9]

    History[edit]

    Andrew S. McSwigan.
    A tree-filled portion of a farm owned by Anthony Kenny, known as "Kenny's Grove" overlooking the Monongahela River near
    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania was a popular picnic spot for local residents since the American Civil War. In 1898, the Monongahela
    Street Railways Company, partially owned by prominent banker Andrew Mellon, seeking to increase fare profits on the week-
    ends, leased the land from the Kenny family in order to create a trolley park at the end of their line.[9] The company's chief engi-
    neer, George S. Davidson, designed the original layout of the park and served as its first manager. A carousel, casino hall,
    and dance pavilion were added in 1899. A bandstand was constructed in 1900, while the Old Mill was constructed in 1901, and
    the park's first roller coaster, the Figure Eight Toboggan, was added in 1902.[10]
    After less than a decade, the trolley company no longer wanted to manage the park. The standing manager, Andrew S. Mc-
    Swigan, along with partners Frederick W. Henninger and A. F. Meghan, leased and operated the park as Kennywood Park Lim-
    ited beginning in 1906.[9]

    Wonderland building, c. 1906


    From its origin as a working-class picnic entertainment destination, the park grew in the first half of the twentieth century into a
    popular attraction that combined thrill rides with recreation venues such as swimming pools and dance halls.
    Kennywood ceased to be served by streetcar when Mon Street Railways successor Pittsburgh Railways Company converted
    the route serving it, the lengthy #68 Duquesne-McKeesport line, to bus on September 15, 1958.
    Today, the park features a nostalgic atmosphere and is supported by a loyal fan base. As of December 2007, Kennywood En-
    tertainment also ran Sandcastle Waterpark [1], which opened in 1989; Idlewild Park [2] near Ligonier; Story Land [3], a chil-
    dren's theme park in Glen, New Hampshire; and Lake Compounce [4], New England's family theme park in Bristol, Connecticut,
    which is the oldest continuously operating amusement park in North America.
    On December 12, 2007, Kennywood Entertainment announced that it would be selling Kennywood Park, along with Sandcastle
    Waterpark and four other amusement parks in the Northeastern United States, to Parques Reunidos, a company based in
    Madrid, Spain.[6]
    Kennywood now uses the slogans “Welcome to the Family”, "America's Finest Traditional Amusement Park", and "Make a New
    Memory", although from the 1960s through the early 1990s the slogan was "The Roller Coaster Capital of the World" (a title
    which is now being used by Cedar Point). The property features three old wooden roller coasters still in working order (Jack
    Rabbit, Racer and Thunderbolt), along with three newer steel coasters (Phantom's Revenge, Sky Rocket and Steel Curtain) and
    one indoor coaster (the Exterminator).

    Park timeline[edit]
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    2000

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