Zip, Wooden roller coaster at Oaks Amusement Park in Portland, United States.
Zip was a wooden roller coaster at Oaks Amusement Park in Portland with a steel-framed structure that featured undulating track sections. The trains running through the course carried five cars and navigated the twisting path across the property.
Harry Traver designed and built this coaster in 1927 as part of the park's early attractions. Operations ceased in 1934 when economic conditions and rising maintenance expenses made continued use unfeasible.
The Zip was a scaled-down roller coaster that fit perfectly into the amusement park's layout near the river. Like many rides of its era, it attracted families looking for excitement at an affordable price.
The structure was built on a wooden deck foundation positioned near the Willamette River with protective measures against flooding. Interested visitors should know that historical documentation and photographs of this ride are quite rare.
After its removal in 1934, the steel frame components were shipped to Japan for reuse in different applications. Few images survived from the original location, making documentation of this ride quite limited.
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