History
Three of these coasters (known as the 'Traver Trio') were designed and built. The Crystal Beach 'Cyclone' and the Revere Beach 'Lightning' were both opened in 1927, the following year the Schneck brothers, owners of Palisades Park in Fort Lee, NJ contracted Traver to build a 'Cyclone' for the 1928 season. Of the three, the Crystal beach version was the most famous and long lasting, eventually being dismantled in September 1946 due to the high maintenance costs and falling revenues. Some of the wood and steel from the Cyclone was used by John Allen and Herbert Schmeck (both designers for the Philadelphia Toboggan Company) in the construction of the Crystal Beach Comet coaster in 1948.
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