Steel Curtain Rollercoaster – Drilled Shafts

Name of Project: Kennywood’s Steel Curtain Rollercoaster
Type of Project: Caissons
Completion Date: September 2018
Location: West Mifflin, PA
Duration of Project: 10 weeks
Owner: Kennywood Park

Who doesn’t love Kennywood? Shelly Drilling is proud to have worked on the most recent addition to Kennywood Park. Kennywood engineered the new Steel Curtain roller coaster to have 152 caissons , and they ranged from 42” up to 90” diameter. The shafts needed socketed into sandstone rock anywhere from 5’ up to 11’ deep.