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Roller Coaster History

Roller Coaster History. How Roller Coasters Evolved in the United States. The First U.S. Roller Coaster. Gravity Pleasure Switchback Railway Built by LaMarcus Thompson Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York, 1884 Two 45-foot towers connected with two sets of track

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Roller Coaster History

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  1. Roller Coaster History How Roller Coasters Evolved in the United States

  2. The First U.S. Roller Coaster • Gravity Pleasure Switchback Railway • Built by LaMarcus Thompson • Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York, 1884 • Two 45-foot towers connected with two sets of track • Top speed of 6 miles per hour

  3. More Coasters in the 1800s • Later in 1884 – First coaster with continuous track developed • 1885 – Mechanical hoist used to raise cars to top of hill instead of towing them manually • 1895 – Coaster designers began experimenting with loops

  4. The 1900s • 1901 –Loop-the-Loop built at Coney Island • 1907 – First coaster to have lap bars opened • 1992 – First successful inverted coaster opened

  5. Popular Roller Coaster Locations • Cedar Point – Sandusky, Ohio • 15 Roller Coasters • Indiana Beach – Monticello, Indiana • 5 Roller Coasters • Six Flags Magic Mountain – Valencia, California • 15 Roller Coasters • Morey’s Piers – Wildwood, New Jersey • 7 Roller Coasters

  6. Popular Roller Coaster Locations (Continued) • Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom – Louisville, Kentucky • 6 Roller Coasters • Paramount’s Kings Island – Kings Mills, Ohio • 12 Roller Coasters • Six Flags Over Georgia – Austell, Georgia • 9 Roller Coasters

  7. Numbers of Amusement Park Roller Coasters

  8. Newest Roller Coasters

  9. Newest Roller Coasters (Continued)

  10. Blue Streak Cedar Creek Mine Ride Corkscrew Gemini Jr. Gemini Iron Dragon Disaster Transport Magnum XL-200 Mean Streak Wildcat Raptor Mantis Woodstock’s Express Millennium Force Wicked Twister Cedar Point Roller Coasters

  11. References • Kruidhof, Jessica, and Selene Kucera, The Effects of New Technology on Roller Coaster Thrills, Safety and Economics, abstract, University of Texas at Austin Mechanical Engineering Department, Fall 1997, <http://www.me.utexas.edu/~uer/roller/history.html> (May 2002) • Marden, Duane, Roller Coaster Database, 1996, <http://rcdb.com> (May 2002) • Midlink Magazine, North Carolina State University, 1994, <http://ncsu.edu/midlink/hr/amuse.htm> (May 2002)

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