by Harry Michelson March 31, 2020 2 Biographies Inventor Penn Incline Resort 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
by Harry Michelson June 6, 2017 Number of comments0 Penn Incline Resort Pittsburgh 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
by Harry Michelson May 25, 2017 2 Pittsburgh Schenley Park 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
by Harry Michelson May 16, 2017 1 Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Exposition 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