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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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Introduction - Roller Coasters: Topics in Chronicling America - Research Guides at Library of Congress
HISTORY - On #ThisDayInHistory 1884, the first roller coaster in America opens at Coney Island, in Brooklyn, New York. Known as a switchback railway, it was the brainchild of LaMarcus Thompson, traveled
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16th June 1884: America's first roller coaster, the Switchback Railway, opened at Coney Island - YouTube
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