The Comet is a preserved historic roller coaster that originally opened at Crystal Beach Park in Ridgeway, Ontario, Canada, in 1948. Its design incorporated over half of the steel structure from the earlier Harry Traver-designed Cyclone, which had closed in 1946, and Herbert P. Schmeck of the Philadelphia Toboggan Company created the new design with assistance from John C. Allen. After thrilling generations of riders along the Lake Erie shoreline, it ceased operation in September 1989, but Charles E. Wood, owner of The Great Escape Fun Park, purchased it at auction, had it dismantled, and moved it into storage. Reconstruction of the 94-foot-high coaster began at The Great Escape in October 1993 under J.R. Hyatt, with consulting engineers John Pierce and Frank Hardick assisting and Martin and Vleminckx of Canada rebuilding the 4,197-foot-long wood track. It officially reopened on June 25, 1994, at Lake George, New York, where its historic character and thrills were preserved in a new setting near the Adirondack Mountains.