160:. Summers' firm was brought on board to provide structural engineering for the massive helix finale. The project was built in-house and was overseen by Charles (Charlie) Dinn, Kings Island's Director of Construction, Maintenance and Engineering. Dinn left Kings Island in 1984 to start his own firm the
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149:. Curtis D. Summers and his firm continued to be the primary engineers for each of the parks. When John Allen retired from the coaster-building business in 1976, Summers took over as the primary designer of wooden coaster projects for the Taft/KECO chain of amusement parks.
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769:Mean Streak
716:Thunder Run
699:Darien Lake
648:Texas Giant
601:Timber Wolf
583:Geauga Lake
483:The Grizzly
1416:Categories
1384:1 February
1358:31 January
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907:References
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174:Wild World
141:; managed
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32:1929-09-17
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