Alanson Wood | Inventor of the Roller Coaster
The featured image above is courtesy of the Jim Abbate Collection. Alanson Wood was an inventor who was born inContinue Reading
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Pittsburgh’s first roller coaster
The City of Pittsburgh got its first roller coaster in 1885, at the Penn Incline Resort. This was not onlyContinue Reading
Schenley Park Pleasure Railway in Pittsburgh | 1894 – 1897
On April 24, 1894, the Schenley Park Pleasure Railway Company announced that a roller coaster was being built near the entranceContinue Reading
Pittsburgh Exposition roller coasters
The Greater Pittsburgh Exposition was an annual event which occurred in the fall of each year between 1889 and 1916. TheContinue Reading