Skyride – Indiana Beach, IN

This Sky Ride connects two ends of the amusement park boardwalk.
The first tower is labelled as tower 0.
Riding over the beach.
Tower 1.
Tower 2.
Riding over the boardwalk.
Rare Hopkins lattice towers.
The top of T4.
Tower 6.
Tower 7.
The return terminal has a counterweight for tensioning.
View along the line.
The southern station.
Middle part of the lift line.
Tall towers.
Tower with two four sheave assemblies.
The return terminal.
Bullwheel.
Tower 7.
Riding north.
Overview of one of the two loading areas.
Tower 6.
Unique chair design and passenger.
Tower 4.
T3.
Drive bullwheel.
Loading area at the north station.

6 thoughts on “Skyride – Indiana Beach, IN”

  1. Ryan's avatar Ryan November 5, 2020 / 10:18 pm

    Very interesting towers on a Hopkins! Very cool.

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    • Ryan's avatar Ryan November 13, 2020 / 2:52 pm

      And a very beautiful lift, I bet she was a nice quiet ride.

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    • Mishers's avatar Mishers December 16, 2024 / 5:25 pm

      This looks like a GB lift.

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  2. Tyler Baroody's avatar Tyler Baroody November 18, 2020 / 5:29 pm

    “Unique chair design and passenger.” That is hilarious and great!

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  3. Person's avatar Person January 16, 2024 / 3:22 pm

    The carriers are similar to Thiokol/early CTEC carriers

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  4. Coloradoskilifts's avatar Coloradoskilifts April 1, 2025 / 7:44 pm

    This lift goes quite high off the ground for such sketchy safety bars.

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