![]() ![]() A motorized roller coaster track moved the sixth-rate 28-gun British frigate into the cove. The technical design required elements picked from the worlds of industrial automation, oil drilling equipment, deep sea diving and hydraulics. The largest moving piece of scenery in the world at the time of construction, the project required a team of dozens of ironworkers, underwater welders, pipefitters, and electricians to install the hydraulic, mechanical and control systems required to send the huge ship to a watery grave. Buccaneer Bay announced the Grand Opening of Treasure Island with a literal bang. ![]() One of the signature events on the Las Vegas Strip is the sight of two ships blasting cannon fire at one another until triumphant pirates sink the British frigate into the bay.
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