From the Ground Up: KaPau Plummet

Last edited 1:11 p.m., April 1, 2014

Owner/Developer: Silver Dollar City LLC
General Contractor: Silver Dollar City LLC
Architect: Buxton Kubik Dodd Creative
Engineers: Anderson Engineering Inc., civil; J&M Engineering, structural; and Malone Finkle Eckhardt & Collins Inc., mechanical, electrical and plumbing
Size: 7,000 square feet
Estimated cost: $1.7 million
Lender: N/A
Estimated completion date: May 17
Project description: Silver Dollar City Director of Publicity Lisa Rau said White Water’s new slide features a drop floor with a 70-degree plunge from a four-story tower. With riders free falling into one of two 240-foot slides and through a spiraling loop, the slide has a capacity of 360 riders per hour. The ride is designed to handle 1,000 gallons of water per minute and send riders through the 3-foot wide translucent tubes at speeds up to 26 feet per second.

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