HISTORY - On #ThisDayinHistory 1884, the first roller coaster in the U.S. opens at Coney Island, in Brooklyn, New York. Known as a switchback railway, it was the invention of LaMarcus Thompson.
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Early Roller Coasters - 1870 - 1886 LaMarcus Thompson did NOT invent or build the first roller coaster in America
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The Great White in Wildwood, New Jersey is a sit-down wooden/steel roller coaster made and built by the now defunct Custom Coasters International. This ride was built over the beach because Morey's
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