Switchback Railway
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| Max speed | 9. 656 km/h |
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| Height | 1500 (cm) |
| Opened | June 16, 1884 |
| Cost | 80 million USD |
| Manufacturers | LaMarcus Adna Thompson |
| Designers | LaMarcus Adna Thompson |
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| ID | 2446110 |
About Switchback Railway
The original Switchback Railway was the first roller coaster at Coney Island and one of the earliest designed for amusement in America. The 1885 patent states the invention relates to the gravity double track switchback railway, which had predicated the inclined plane railway, patented in 1878 by Richard Knudsen.
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