AURORA, Ohio -- Goodbye, Big Dipper. The historic wooden roller ... After decades of thrills, it has since been sitting in silence after Geauga Lake closed its gates forever in September 2007.

The Big Dipper was the only item auctioned that required approval from Cedar Fair. Woosnam confirmed Tuesday evening that the company had accepted his bid about 5 p.m. "It's a very special ride.

GEAUGA COUNTY, OH (WOIO) - Another piece of Geauga Lake is no more-- wooden roller coaster Big Dipper will be demolished within the next few weeks. Geauga Lake was closed in 2007, and remaining ...

Since the auction, the Big Dipper has been for re-sale for prices ranging from $65,000 to $150,000. There have been no buyers. Geauga Lake had no buyers for its land, despite the efforts of Cliff ...

Efforts to find a new home for the Big Dipper roller coaster ride at Geauga Lake came to naught. And Big Dipper was just the last name for the huge coaster that dated from 1925. American Coaster ...

But, now, the Big Dipper wooden roller coaster at Geauga Lake will be demolished. Cedar Fair closed Geauga Lake in 2007, but the Big Dipper has remained standing. Jeff Markley, Bainbridge Township ...

the Big Dipper will be torn down in the coming weeks, according to Cleveland.com. The ride, which opened in 1925, had basically been destined for rubble since 2007, when Geauga Lake's parent ...

The Big Dipper, the nation's seventh-oldest roller coaster, was just one offering at yesterday's liquidation sale at the Geauga Lake amusement park in northeastern Ohio. Norton Auctioneers of ...

1925: Geauga Lake builds the Big Dipper, the largest wooden roller coaster of its time, 2,800 feet long and 65 feet high. 1927: Legendary swimmer Johnny Weismuller, later of “Tarzan” fame ...

Over the next several decades, Geauga Lake grew to include the iconic Big Dipper roller coaster, a dance hall, racetrack, swimming pool and other attractions. By the 1970s, under owners Funtime ...

Rides were first installed in 1889, at what was once known as Giles Pond. Over the next several decades, Geauga Lake grew to include the iconic Big Dipper roller coaster, a dance hall, racetrack, ...