HISTORY OF ROLLER

COASTERS
 The Mauch Chunk Switchback
Railway -Pennsylvania

The Russian Mountains

Rolling ride
Made by French The Switchback Railway
-Coney Island

1817 1873 1884

 1885 1887 1901
The Loop-the-loop
The Serpentine Railway
-Coney Island
-Coney Island
First roller coaster with a safe loop
Ride with start and finish in the
for passengers
same place

Begin the term Roller Coaster

Rolling Ride with and eight
figure layout –Haverhill,
Massachusetts
 Drop-the-Dips
-Coney Island

Leap-the-Dips
-Lakemont Park, Pennsylvania
The Venice Scenic Railway
Oldest working roller coaster in the
-Venice, California
world
Cars ride through tunnels in
artificial mountains

1902 1907 1910

 1924 1953 1959
The Bobs
Matterhorn Bobsleds
-Riverview Park, Chicago
-Disneyland, California
One of the finest roller coasters
First roller coaster made of steel
built during 1920s

First major roller coaster

openes in Tokyo, Japan.
 The Racer – Kings Island near
Cincinnati, Ohio

The Serpent Of Fire

-Mexico City
First roller coaster to stand
30.5 maters tall King Kobra –Kings Dominion
Virginia

1964 1972 1977

 1981 1982 1996
American Eagle, Six Flags Great Flight of Fear –Kings Island
America –Gurnee, Illinois and Kings Dominion
Made of wood First one to use magnetidm to
move the cars

First stand up roller coaster opens in

Japan
 Maverick
-Cedar point, Ohio
First coaster in which passenger
does a 360°roll

Manta
The HyperSonic XLC -Sea World, Orlando
First roller coaster with cars
launched by compressed air

2001 2007 2009