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Conneaut Lake's Blue Streak has taken another hit: state police say someone stole 900 feet of copper cable from the coaster's electrical system. No charges have been filed in the theft.
Read more from The York Dispatch.
Things like this, regardless of the victim drive me crazy. The cost to Conneaut is $10K. But, the as you can see from this chart, even the heaviest gauges of wire would have only yielded 660lbs of copper. But, that would be 1/2" thick wire. In all likelihood, the thieves probably got about 100lbs or less, which would mean they would have been lucky to get $500 out of this.
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