Thunderhead (roller coaster)
Thunderhead is a wooden roller coaster located at Dollywood amusement park in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. The coaster, which was the anchor attraction of the new "Thunderhead Gap" section (now Timber Canyon), opened on April 3, 2004, to much critical acclaim. Thunderhead boasts 22 turns and 32 crossovers, and utilizes GCI's Millennium Flyer trains, used on all GCI coasters since 1999. Thunderhead is also the first roller coaster to feature a station flyby.

History
The ride was named after Thunderhead Mountain, a peak within the nearby Great Smoky Mountains National Park that was heavily logged during the early 19th century.  The mountain itself was named "Thunderhead" after a slang term in the American South for Cumulonimbus clouds.

Construction data
700,000 board feet of Southern Yellow Pine
3600 yards of concrete
250,000 bolts
2,000,000 screws
185,000 feet of steel rebar

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External links
Dollywood's Official Page for Thunderhead