Construction on Schedule for Dollywood's New $6.5 Million Timber Tower Ride.PIGEON pigeon, common name for members of the large family Columbidae, land birds, cosmopolitan in temperate and tropical regions, characterized by stout bodies, short necks, small heads, and thick, heavy plumage. FORGE, Tenn. -- Construction of Dollywood entertainment park's new Timber Tower(TM) is progressing on schedule with plans to unveil the ride April 1. Timber Tower is the first and only ride of its kind in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . Timber Tower's footing and foundation are both complete. Two technicians from HUSS Manufacturing in Germany are currently on site to oversee the steel ride installation. With the ride's center ring in place, Dollywood and HUSS construction teams are now preparing to install the 93-ton counter weight which will allow Timber Tower to "drop" six times in various directions. The pond in which the ride is based has been prepared and plumbing is currently being installed. Timber Tower stands 65 feet tall upon a base that measures 26 feet in diameter. Timber Tower's 2.5-minute ride experience features dual rotation, both from the tower and the ride carrier. Situated in the middle of a 5,100-sq.-ft. pond, Timber Tower takes passengers high into the air where the ride carrier rotates 11 times per minute as it approaches the top of the tower. Once there, Timber Tower begins a side-to-side swinging motion with six complete "dips" in various directions at staggering 60-degree angles. Appearing to splash riders into the dicey dic·ey adj. dic·i·er, dic·i·est Involving or fraught with danger or risk: "an extremely dicey future on a brave new world of liquid nitrogen, tar, and smog" New Yorker. water below, Timber Tower "drops" passengers almost within reach of a sawmill sawmill, installation or facility in which cut logs are sawed into standard-sized boards and timbers. The saws used in such an installation are generally of three types: the circular saw, which consists of a disk with teeth around its edge; the band saw, which blade, a bear cave, a water geyser geyser (gī`zər) [Icel.], hot spring from which water and steam are ejected periodically to heights ranging from a few to several hundred feet. , a beaver dam Beaver Dam, city (1990 pop. 14,196), Dodge co., SE Wis., on Beaver Dam Lake, in a productive farm and dairy area; inc. 1856. Industries included food processing, metal and metal products fabrication, printing, and machinery manufacturing. and a treacherous log jam log jam Noun Chiefly US & Canad 1. a blockage caused by the crowding together of logs floating in a river 2. . With a 40-passenger capacity, Timber Tower will accommodate 565 riders per hour. Timber Tower anchors Dollywood's newest area, Timber Canyon, a new area designed to entertain the entire family. Themed to resemble a once-thriving turn-of-the-century lumber lumber, term for timber that has been cut into boards for use as a building material. The major steps in producing lumber involve logging (the felling and preparation of timber for shipment to sawmills), sawing the logs into boards, grading the boards according to camp, Timber Canyon also features Lumberjack Lifts, two 30-foot-tall towers where passengers control the ride experience in twin-seated, kid-powered cars by drawing a cable, lifting the car as high as 25 feet. Passengers can release the cable for an incredible, kid-friendly "free-fall." Timber Canyon also is home to Lil' Loggers' Landing, an exciting, interactive children's play area created just for children 48" and under. Little ones young children. See also: Little can test the waters at the Beaver Creek Beaver Creek may refer to numerous places, mainly stream and towns. The USGS database records 658 waterways and 19 populated places using the name in the United States and numerous others using related forms like Beaver Creek Ditch, Beaver Creek Swamp, Beaver Creek Lake, Beaver Boat Float and wade into the ripples of Beaver Creek. Concrete and lighting installation is complete, and landscaping of the area is under way. Installation of the area's rustic play structure is scheduled for Feb. 6. Construction of Timber Canyon's new rustic-themed 150-seat LumberCamp restaurant is on schedule as well. Concrete installation as well as block and roughed-in plumbing and electrical work are complete. Roof framework, wooden support timbers and siding is currently being installed. Once finished, LumberCamp will welcome guests with a gigantic skillet from which hand-battered chicken tenders and catfish catfish, common name applied to members of the freshwater fish families constituting the suborder Nematognathi. The catfish is related to the sucker and the minnow, and like them has a complex set of bones forming a sensitive hearing apparatus. are served. Timber Tower marks Dollywood's latest multi-million dollar expansion project in recent years. The park's 2005 season welcomed a $5 million renovation in the Country Fair area, bringing 10 new family rides. The $7 million Thunderhead thun·der·head n. The swollen upper portion of a thundercloud, usually associated with the development of a thunderstorm. Noun 1. (TM) welcomed guests in 2004. 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FACT SHEET
Cost $6.5 million
Unique features North America's first ride of its type
where the passenger car rises 65 feet
into the air before the tower topples 60
degrees in various directions. Timber
Tower(TM) "drops" passengers almost
within reach of a sawmill blade, a bear
cave, a water geyser, a beaver dam and a
treacherous log jam.
Ride Height 65 feet
Passenger Car Rotations 11 rpm
Complete Dips 6
Passenger Gondola Diameter 27 feet
Passenger Car Capacity 40 per ride; 565 per hour
Minimum Height Requirement 48 inches
Ride Duration 2 minutes, 30 seconds
Required Power 1,000 amps
Ride Weight 411,400 pounds
Counter Weight Size 93 tons
Manufacturer HUSS Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG
located in Bremen, Germany (founded in
1919), originally manufacturing ship
equipment
MATERIALS/EQUIPMENT USED IN CONSTRUCTION
Concrete 500 yards
Rebar steel 40,000 pounds
Crane capacity 300 tons
Crews from Tennessee, Georgia, Missouri, Ohio, Hungary, and Germany
are involved in Timber Tower's construction.
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