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The featured image above is courtesy of the Jim Abbate Collection. Alanson Wood was an inventor who was born in the State of New York in 1829. He married Lovinia … Continue reading Alanson Wood | Inventor of the Roller Coaster
The City of Pittsburgh got its first roller coaster in 1885, at the Penn Incline Resort. This was not only Pittsburgh’s first roller coaster, it was one of the first … Continue reading Pittsburgh’s first roller coaster
On April 24, 1894, the Schenley Park Pleasure Railway Company announced that a roller coaster was being built near the entrance of Schenley Park, on Forbes Street, opposite the Carnegie library. … Continue reading Schenley Park Pleasure Railway in Pittsburgh | 1894 – 1897
The Greater Pittsburgh Exposition was an annual event which occurred in the fall of each year between 1889 and 1916. The exposition was located where Point State Park and PNC Park … Continue reading Pittsburgh Exposition roller coasters