World's 4th Oldest Operating Wooden Roller Coaster

Added: 2026-05-25

[00:00:00]World's oldest operating wooden coasters, number four.

[00:00:05]Kennywood's Jack Rabbit has been running since 1920, but the reason people still remember it comes down to one single hill. Built into a natural ravine near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the coaster did not need massive height to create a thrill. It used the land beneath it, turning the hillside into [music] part of the ride itself. That design helped make its famous double dip feel almost impossible with a sudden drop that has surprised riders for more than a century. Jack Rabbit also carried an early under friction wheel design connecting the coaster [music] to a turning point in amusement history, but its legacy is not just mechanical. It became [music] a Pittsburgh tradition because one perfectly placed piece of track kept working generation after generation. More than 100 years later, Jack Rabbit still runs at Kennywood proving that early wooden coaster history is not always preserved behind glass. Sometimes, it's still climbing the lift hill.