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The Scenic Railway
-Made by the Mauch Chunk Railway
-reached 65 mph
-carried 35,000 people per year -
First Roller coaster
-made by LaMarcus Thompson
-was at coney island
-switchback railway
-went 6 mph -
30 patents improvmmets
-LaMarcus Thompson
-pulled cars with uphill cable
-linked cars
-bulit tunnels -
Big scenic coaster
-plaisades amusement park
-electrified cenetr rail
-human operator
-45,000 ft of track -
under friction wheel
-john miller
-kept train bolted down beneath the track
-allowed faster, dizzy speeds -
1500 roller coasters
-some were 138 ft high
-1500 roller coasters in america
- more complex combinations and forms -
Matterhorn Bobsled
-walt disney
-first pipe steel roller coaster
-smoother and quieter ride
-longer drops
-loops -
Corkscrew Design
-Arrow Develpoment
-used steel pipes
-special wheels
-prevented cars from falling -
steel phantom set record
-kennywood
-first natural drop hill
-80 mph
-drop of 225 ft -
Tallest roller coaster
-at six flags
-kingda ka roller coaster
-456 ft
-128 mph