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Kennywood is an amusement park in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, just southeast of Pittsburgh. The park opened on May 30, 1898, as a trolley park attraction at the end of the Mellon family's Monongahela Street Railway.

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Instance of
amusement park
Located in
West Mifflin
Official website
www.kennywood.com
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New gates to Kennywood (2005).jpg
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Kennywood
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Encyclopedic overview

22 sections
Contents
  • Location
  • History
  • Park timeline
  • Recognition
  • Attractions
  • Named areas
  • Former
  • Roller coasters
  • Flat rides
  • Upcharge attractions
  • Dark rides
  • Water rides
  • Transportation rides
  • Kiddieland
  • Kennywood Junction
  • Former attractions
  • Incidents
  • Legacy and media
  • See also
  • References
  • Works cited
  • External links

Kennywood is an amusement park in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, just southeast of Pittsburgh. The park opened on May 30, 1898, as a trolley park attraction at the end of the Mellon family's Monongahela Street Railway.

It was purchased in 1906 by F. W. Henninger and Andrew McSwigan, both of whom later formed the family-owned Kennywood Entertainment Company. In 2007, the company sold Kennywood, along with four other parks, to Parques Reunidos' Palace Entertainment subsidiary. In early 2025, the park was again sold to Herschend.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kennywood” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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