1) The earliest known devices resembling Roller Coasters were ice-covered wooden slides constructed in Russia in the 1400's 2) It was a large wooden slide that people rode down on ice. People could not ride the roller coaster in the summer because the large blocks of ice would melt quickly. They would have to climb a large flight of stairs to get to the top. 3) The first American roller coaster was actually a train for moving coal down a mountain, called the Mauch Chunk Switchback Railroad. After the train no longer needed to transport coal, passengers began to ride this thrilling train from the 1850s through 1929. 4) There was a huge decline in roller coasters beginning during the Great Depression and lasting until the 1970s. 5) The first steel roller coaster was built in Disney World in 1959 6) the tallest and fastest roller coaster in the world is Kingda Ka at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, New Jersey. 7) Roller coasters are based almost entirely on physics
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The noun 'roller coaster' has no standard collective noun since most roller coasters are not in a group. However, a collective noun is an informal part of language. Any noun the fits the situation can function as a collective noun; for example, a scream of roller coasters, a maze of roller coasters, a park of roller coasters, a tour of roller coasters, etc.
Actually, you can breath on roller coasters.
Yes, there are roller coasters at Wisconsin Dells.
There is 4 roller coasters. Aftershock, Timber Terror, Tremors and the Corkscrew. Which all of the roller coasters are awesome!!!!!!!
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California has the most roller coasters with 78.
Well roller coasters can range from $10,000 to 2.5 millions dollars.
Roller coasters are designed by mechanical engineers, not scientists.
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roller coasters smell like oil and metal or wood or what they are made out of.
Yes there is a whole category on WikiAnswers that has questions on roller coasters.