Known mostly for their log flumes, Hopkins has also created seven roller coasters.
O.D. Hopkins founded Hopkins Engineering in 1962 and began making
ski lifts. The company later expanded into building Sky Rides and switched its name to
O.D. Hopkins Associates, Inc. in 1971. In the late 1970s,
Hopkins built its first log flume.
Hopkins constructed a few roller coasters and other
amusement park rides in the 1980s and 1990s, but its core business continued to be manufacturing water rides, flumes, and Shoot the Chute boat rides.
The company went bankrupt in 2001, but reorganized and emerged from bankruptcy protection as
Hopkins Rides, LLC in 2002. In 2012, the corporation was acquired by
WhiteWater West, a Canadian manufacturer of water slides and water play areas.
SBNO = Standing But Not Operating
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Bailey |
Bitler |
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Caripro Rides
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Church |
Coaster Works! |
Cobb & Assoc. |
Custom Coasters International (CCI) |
D.P.V. Rides |
Dinn & Summers |
Drambour |
Fajume S.A. de C.V. |
Gerstlauer |
Giovanola |
Gravity Group |
Great Coasters International (GCI) |
Herschell |
Hopkins |
International Amusement Devices (IAD) |
International Coaster Corporation (ICC) |
Intamin AG |
Interpark |
Keenan |
Kings Entertainment Co. |
Knoebels |
KumbaK |
L&T Systems |
Mack |
Maurer-Sohne |
Meisho |
Miler Coaster Co. |
Miller |
Molina |
Morgan Manufacturing |
Moris |
National Amusement Devices (NAD) |
Overland |
Phare |
Pierce |
Pinfari |
Premier Rides |
Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters (PTC) |
Philadelphia Toboggan Company (PTC) |
Princeton Machines |
Reverchon |
Rocky Mountain Construction |
Rogers |
Roller Coaster Corp. of America |
Rosser & Cobb |
Sangyo |
Sansei Yusoki |
Sartori Rides International |
SBF Visa Group |
Schiff |
Schwarzkopf |
SDC |
Senyo Kogyo |
Setpoint |
Sevier |
S&MC |
S&S Power |
S&S Sports |
S&S Worldwide |
Stricker |
Sunkid |
Taft |
TOGO International |
Vekoma |
Vettel, Andrew |
Vettel, Edward |
WED |
Wiegand |
Wisdom |
Zamperla |
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