- Jetstream (roller coaster)
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location=Riverview Park
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status=Demolished
opened=1964
closed=1967
manufacturer=Philadelphia Toboggan Company
designer=John C. Miller
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rcdb_number=2361The Jetstream was the last
roller coaster to be built atChicago 's legendaryRiverview Park . It was built in 1965 and met its unfortunate end in 1968 when the park was demolished. The Jetstream, which was built to replace the park's aging Greyhound roller coaster, was not yet paid off when demolished. The ride was shorter than its predecessor, the Greyhound. The ride was not as profitable as some of its more wild cousins, such as The Bobs, and The Comet.Jetstream was designed by coaster designer
John C. Allen and built byPhiladelphia Toboggan Company .The ride was rumored to have been reassembled at a park in
Rockford, Illinois after the sudden closure of Riverview, but for whatever reason, the deal fell through. The trains, for a short time, were used on Thunder Road atCarowinds , but have since been destroyed.
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