Roller Coasters in 1883

In 1884, La Marcus A. Thompson debuted his famous roller coaster at Coney Island – the Gravity Pleasure Switch Back Railway – commonly believed to be the first roller coaster. This common belief is just a myth. While Thompson’s Switchback brought roller coasters into the cultural zeitgeist, there were roller coasters which existed in prior …

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