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Thursday, September 6, 2018

ROLLER COASTER?INVENTION OF ROLLER COASTER


  ROLLER COASTER

 Roller-coaster in the Coney Island Astroland Amusement Park, Usa. Black and white image.



The first Roller Coaster was invented by THOMPSON THRILLS


FIRST PLACE:-

The precursors of roller Coasters first appeared in Russia in the fifteenth century, in the form of huge ice slides. The first modern coasters opened in Paris in 1817, but took another sixty years and the invention of the inclined railway for the riders to really take off.


Regarded as the father of the roller coaster in the United States,La Marcus Adna Thompson field his first patent for a roller coaster  in 1865 and built the first such ride in 1884 at a coney Island, New York. Charging five Cents Ride, He was soon grossing over $600 a Day. Thompson's Switchback Railway  Consisted of two Parallel tracks  Undulating over a Wooden structure 600 foot (182.8m)  long .

 A small  train with seats facing sideways foe sightseeing started on a 50-foot (15m) Peak at one end of the beach ,and rolled down the grade at around 6 miles (9.6 km) per hour until the momentum died at other end.  Over the next few years there was a rapid development in roller Coasters. Charles Alocke Created a Continuous oval track. 


 MODIFICATION:-

While Philip Hinkle  added a seats facing forward. Thompson . meanwhile . concentrated on building  elaborate  scenic railways with impressive indoor tableaux of biblical and ancient Egyptian scenes. The 1920s were the golden age of the roller coaster. 

With nearly 2,000 being built, but depression  and war led to decline  that continued until the opening of Racer in 1972 at King's Island in Cincinnati. Ohio. The revival continues to this day,with theme parks around the world striving to out do each other in speed. complexity , and screams.

SAFETY:- There are many safeties implemented in Roller coasters . Like Block System this systems heels to preventing from colliding.Another  is Programmable logic Controllers  it Detects faults in Roller coasters  and make decision to operate roller coasters elements .

TYPES OF ROLLER COASTERS:-

  • Pipe line Roller Coaster
  • Spinning Roller Coaster 
  • Wing Roller Coaster 
  • Inverted Roller Coaster 
  • Flying Roller Coaster 
  • Mine Train Roller Coaster and Much more Types 
Amusement park

Conclusion:-This is information about Roller Coaster and Invention of Roller Coaster.

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