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It was a century ago that the last log flume brought lumber out of the high Sierra to the Valley. The flumes made the Central Valley a major lumber producing area, and created mill towns like Clovis, ...

WEST MIFFLIN, Pa. (KDKA) - The Log Jammer will live on forever in our hearts, but now a piece of the ride can be yours. An original log flume from the classic Kennywood ride is up for auction again.

We live pretty close to Six Flags New England, so every year for the past several we’ve bought season passes and made a point of going several times over the summer. It has both a “dry” park -- mostly ...

Revised 9:57 a.m. to include the planned length of the expanded log flume ride. Six Flags Over Texas, which boasts the world’s first log flume, is going to convert the ride into one of the longest log ...

Six Flags Over Texas has announced that one of its fun and original rides will be getting some extra and rather thrilling features within the next year. El Rio Lento, also known as El Aserradero, is ...

Creating first-person videos of Hot Wheels as they race down an impressively complex toy track is quickly becoming a favorite pastime of the internet. But one YouTube user took things to the next ...

An original log flume from the classic Kennywood ride sold for $7,600 on Friday. The money goes to Give Kids the World Village, a nonprofit Florida resort for children with life-threatening illnesses ...

One of Kennywood’s original flumes from its defunct Log Jammer ride sold Friday morning for $11,100 via eBay. The winning bid was placed at 10:32 a.m., according to the listing. The auction opened on ...