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<blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 3565544" data-attributes="member: 1246">June 16, 1884On this day in 1884, the first roller coaster in America opens at Coney Island, in Brooklyn, <a href="https://www.history.com/topics/us-states/new-york" target="_blank">New York</a>. Known as a switchback railway, it was the brainchild of LaMarcus Thompson, traveled approximately six miles per hour and cost a nickel to ride. The new entertainment was an instant success and by the turn of the century there were hundreds of roller coasters around the country.<a href="https://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view;_ylt=AwrUi58_7yRb5SIAOg6JzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTIycXQ0Y3FiBHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDaW1nBG9pZANlZWM3Y2Y5MjMyNWZhNjNiZDBkODAxNGM1NGQ3M2U2YQRncG9zAzYEaXQDYmluZw--?.origin=&amp;back=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3Fp%3Dfirst%2Broller%2Bcoaster%26fr%3Dymyy-t-999%26fr2%3Dpiv-web%26tab%3Dorganic%26ri%3D6&amp;w=1000&amp;h=708&amp;imgurl=www.historyinorbit.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2017%2F06%2Fgallery-1437762558-roller-coasters-switchback-railway__1497634995_72.197.153.91.jpg&amp;rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.historyinorbit.com%2Ftoday-history-americas-first-roller-coaster-opens%2F&amp;size=69.0KB&amp;name=Today+In+History%3A+America%E2%80%99s+%3Cb%3EFirst+Roller+Coaster%3C%2Fb%3E+Opens+%E2%80%93+HistoryInOrbit.com&amp;p=first+roller+coaster&amp;oid=eec7cf92325fa63bd0d8014c54d73e6a&amp;fr2=piv-web&amp;fr=ymyy-t-999&amp;tt=Today+In+History%3A+America%E2%80%99s+%3Cb%3EFirst+Roller+Coaster%3C%2Fb%3E+Opens+%E2%80%93+HistoryInOrbit.com&amp;b=0&amp;ni=21&amp;no=6&amp;ts=&amp;tab=organic&amp;sigr=12g7ft061&amp;sigb=13fbpss8l&amp;sigi=145n0qq30&amp;sigt=12mucl0hk&amp;sign=12mucl0hk&amp;.crumb=Y6tOP4kll9K&amp;fr=ymyy-t-999&amp;fr2=piv-web" target="_blank"><img src="https://tse3.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.G1OhtY-GGfObtgt0vHu_lQHaFP&amp;pid=15.1&amp;P=0&amp;w=229&amp;h=163" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="moreluck, post: 3565544, member: 1246"] June 16, 1884 On this day in 1884, the first roller coaster in America opens at Coney Island, in Brooklyn, [URL='https://www.history.com/topics/us-states/new-york'][U]New York[/U][/URL]. Known as a switchback railway, it was the brainchild of LaMarcus Thompson, traveled approximately six miles per hour and cost a nickel to ride. The new entertainment was an instant success and by the turn of the century there were hundreds of roller coasters around the country. [URL='https://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view;_ylt=AwrUi58_7yRb5SIAOg6JzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTIycXQ0Y3FiBHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDaW1nBG9pZANlZWM3Y2Y5MjMyNWZhNjNiZDBkODAxNGM1NGQ3M2U2YQRncG9zAzYEaXQDYmluZw--?.origin=&back=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3Fp%3Dfirst%2Broller%2Bcoaster%26fr%3Dymyy-t-999%26fr2%3Dpiv-web%26tab%3Dorganic%26ri%3D6&w=1000&h=708&imgurl=www.historyinorbit.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2017%2F06%2Fgallery-1437762558-roller-coasters-switchback-railway__1497634995_72.197.153.91.jpg&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.historyinorbit.com%2Ftoday-history-americas-first-roller-coaster-opens%2F&size=69.0KB&name=Today+In+History%3A+America%E2%80%99s+%3Cb%3EFirst+Roller+Coaster%3C%2Fb%3E+Opens+%E2%80%93+HistoryInOrbit.com&p=first+roller+coaster&oid=eec7cf92325fa63bd0d8014c54d73e6a&fr2=piv-web&fr=ymyy-t-999&tt=Today+In+History%3A+America%E2%80%99s+%3Cb%3EFirst+Roller+Coaster%3C%2Fb%3E+Opens+%E2%80%93+HistoryInOrbit.com&b=0&ni=21&no=6&ts=&tab=organic&sigr=12g7ft061&sigb=13fbpss8l&sigi=145n0qq30&sigt=12mucl0hk&sign=12mucl0hk&.crumb=Y6tOP4kll9K&fr=ymyy-t-999&fr2=piv-web'][IMG]https://tse3.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.G1OhtY-GGfObtgt0vHu_lQHaFP&pid=15.1&P=0&w=229&h=163[/IMG][/URL] [/QUOTE]

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