Dinn Corporation

Dinn Corporation

Former type	Private
Industry	Roller coaster design
Fate	Death of Curtis Summers
Founded	1983
Defunct	1992
Key people	Charles Dinn and Curtis D. Summers

Dinn Corporation was a former roller coaster designing and manufacturing company established in West Chester, Ohio in 1983 by Charles Dinn. They are noted for building twelve^[1] wooden roller coasters in the United States, including:

• Georgia Cyclone
• Hercules
• Mean Streak
• Predator
• Psyclone
• Raging Wolf Bobs
• Texas Giant
• Thunder Run
• Timber Wolf
• The Wild One, formerly Giant Coaster
• Wolverine Wildcat

History

Charles Dinn served as Kings Island's Director of Construction, where he designed and built The Beast with a team including Al Collins, Jim Nickell, and William Reed. In 1983, Dinn opened his own corporation in West Chester, Ohio and left King's Island. He teamed up with Curtis D. Summers, Inc., an engineering firm in Loveland, Ohio to build several wooden roller coasters. The corporation also relocated many older wooden roller coasters from parks that had been closed to new parks.^[2]

In 1992, Summers died, and the Dinn Corporation did not develop any more coasters. However, Charles's daughter Denise Dinn Larrick took over and developed Custom Coasters International, which became another prominent wooden roller coaster company.^[3][4]

References

1. ^ Marden, Duane. "Roller Coaster DataBase". http://rcdb.com/cd13.htm. Retrieved 2009-05-26. 
2. ^ Rutherford, Scott (2002). The Roller Coaster Lover's Companion. Citadel Press. pp. 143. ISBN 9780806523095. 
3. ^ "Southwest Ohio Amusement Park Historical Society". http://www.soaphs.com/summersdinn.htm. Retrieved 2009-05-26. ^{[dead link]}
4. ^ "Roller Coaster History". http://www.bobholland.com/amusementparks/coasterhistory.html. Retrieved 2009-05-26.