5093472; -71.3272750 Coasters Harbor Island is a 92-acre (370,000 m2) island in Narragansett Bay, Newport, Rhode Island. The island is home to the Naval...
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Rhode Island, and International Yacht Restoration School. Naval Station Newport is located on Aquidneck Island and the adjacent Coasters Harbor Island. It...
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Harbour Island or Harbor Island may refer to: Harbor Island: Harbor Island, Newport Beach, California, United States Harbor Island, San Diego, California...
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USS Coasters Harbor (AG-74) was a Basilan-class miscellaneous auxiliary acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. She was configured as a repair...
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England)". Roller Coaster DataBase. "Top 25 wood Roller Coasters" (PDF). Amusement Today: 6B. August 1998. "Top 25 wood Roller Coasters" (PDF). Amusement...
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seven roller coasters. The showpiece attraction at The Great Escape is the Comet. Re-opened at The Great Escape in 1994, this roller coaster already had...
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Eisenhower House (category Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Rhode Island)
in 1958, the President was living at the Naval War College on Coasters Harbor Island. However, with his passion for golf, he moved to this location as...
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Six Flags America (redirect from Great Chase (roller coaster))
Incorporated. The same year, a wooden roller coaster called Roar, which was built and designed by Great Coasters International, was added to Adventure World...
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The Comet (Great Escape) (category Roller coasters manufactured by Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters)
"Top 25 wood Roller Coasters" (PDF). Amusement Today: 6B. August 1998. Retrieved September 12, 2017. "Top 25 wood Roller Coasters" (PDF). Amusement Today:...
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the Medal of Honor posthumously for rescuing two fellow divers at Pearl Harbor in the then Territory of Hawaii. He lost his life during rescue operations...
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Harbor Maryland is a water park located within Six Flags America. It was known as Paradise Island until 2005 when it was rebranded Hurricane Harbor....
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citation reads: For jumping overboard from the U.S.S. Saratoga, off Coasters Harbor Island, R.I., 25 June 1881, and sustaining until picked up by a boat from...
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jumping overboard from the U.S. Training Ship New Hampshire off Coasters Harbor Island, near Newport, R.l., 4 January 1882, and endeavoring to rescue Jabez...
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old building of the Newport Asylum for the Poor to house it on Coasters Harbor Island in Narragansett Bay. Among the first four faculty members were Tasker...
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Viper (Six Flags Great America) (category Operating roller coasters)
"Top 25 wood Roller Coasters" (PDF). Amusement Today: 6B. August 1998. Retrieved September 30, 2015. "Top 25 wood Roller Coasters" (PDF). Amusement Today:...
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President's House (Naval War College) (category Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Rhode Island)
Rhode Island. The house is a wooden, three-story building in Colonial Revival style located on a hill on Coaster's Harbor Island, overlooking Coaster's Harbor...
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Six Flags Magic Mountain (section Roller coasters)
to the park's name. With 20 roller coasters, Six Flags Magic Mountain holds the world record for most roller coasters in an amusement park. It became the...
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USS Cero (SP-1189) (category Shipwrecks of the Rhode Island coast)
Newport, Rhode Island, and sank 50 feet (15 meters) west of Bishop's Rock and about 500 yards (460 meters) west of Coasters Harbor Island. Her entire crew...
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Six Flags New England (section Roller coasters)
Flags the right to build roller coasters up to 200 feet (61 m) in height. This paved the way for many future roller coasters in the park. The 2010 season...
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Island - historical Coaster's Harbor Island Conanicut Island Cornelius Island Crab Island Cranberry Island Cummock Island Despair Island Dutch Island...
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Torpedo Station on Goat Island before he spearheaded efforts to procure the building and surrounding grounds on Coaster's Harbor Island, which still stands...
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sneak peek events at new roller coasters under construction. The organization maintains an online database of roller coasters including ride specifications...
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Geauga Lake (section Fate of Geauga Lake's coasters)
including four new roller coasters: a junior coaster called Road Runner Express, a wooden coaster called Villain, a floorless coaster called Batman: Knight...
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Carolina Harbor is a water park at Carowinds amusement park in Charlotte, North Carolina. Included with the price of admission to Carowinds, the water...
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Canobie Lake Park (section Roller coasters)
1987. The Canobie Corkscrew was one of the first steel looping roller coasters manufactured in the world and was part of a series of Arrow corkscrew models...
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Battery Park in New York Harbor on 15 July 1879 and Captain of the Top William Sadler off Coaster's Harbor Island, Rhode Island, on 25 June 1881. Saratoga...
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roller coasters at Six Flags parks like Great America. 1988 saw the first of the new coasters, with the addition of the massive roller coaster Shock Wave...
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"Roller Coasters". Coney Island. June 2, 2004. Retrieved February 26, 2019. Marden, Duane. "Thunderbolt (Coney Island – George Moran)". Roller Coaster DataBase...
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Carolina. Opened in 1976 and built by Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters, the racing roller coaster cost $1.6 million to construct and featured two identical...
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Naval War College Museum (category 1952 establishments in Rhode Island)
artifacts. Since 1978, it has occupied its present quarters on Coasters Harbor Island in Narragansett Bay. This building, now called Founders Hall, was...
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