Work began on
the Grand Canyon Rapids ride back in the August of 1985. The ride,
located on what was formerly a coach park, consists of a trench nearly
half a mile long, which had to be excavated from the natural
rock.
The Rapids trench under
construction.
Here you can see how deep the trench is
at points.
John Broome
(left) inspects the construction site along with Michael A.
Jenkins
