Switchback Railway
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Gravity Pleasure Switch Back Railway in Coney Island (Brooklyn, New York, USA) war die erste Achterbahn in Amerika. Sie wurde von LaMarcus Adna Thompson 1881 entworfen und 1884 errichtet. Vorbild dieser Anlage war der „Mauch Chunk Switchback Railway“, eine zur Vergnügung zweckentfremdete Kohleminenbahn im heutigen Jim Thorpe (Pennsylvania), welche Thompson einige Jahre zuvor gefahren war. Die Fahrt in dem gerade mal rund 11 km/h schnellen Fahrzeug kostete die Fahrgäste fünf Cent.
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The original Switchback Railway was the first roller coaster at Coney Island in Brooklyn, New York City, and one of the earliest designed for amusement in the United States. 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. Coney Island's version was designed by LaMarcus Adna Thompson in 1881 and constructed in 1884. It appears Thompson based his design, at least in part, on the Mauch Chunk Switchback Railway which was a coal-mining train that had started carrying passengers as a thrill ride in 1827.
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Gravity Pleasure Switch Back Railway in Coney Island (Brooklyn, New York, USA) war die erste Achterbahn in Amerika. Sie wurde von LaMarcus Adna Thompson 1881 entworfen und 1884 errichtet. Vorbild dieser Anlage war der „Mauch Chunk Switchback Railway“, eine zur Vergnügung zweckentfremdete Kohleminenbahn im heutigen Jim Thorpe (Pennsylvania), welche Thompson einige Jahre zuvor gefahren war. Die Fahrt in dem gerade mal rund 11 km/h schnellen Fahrzeug kostete die Fahrgäste fünf Cent. Thompson ließ seine Erfindung patentieren und baute aufgrund des Erfolges später weitere Bahnen dieses Typs an mehreren Orten der USA. Die Abläufe der Bahn waren noch nicht automatisiert und so wurden die Fahrzeuge zum Start angeschoben und am Ende von Mitarbeitern wieder auf die Starthöhe geschoben und für die Rückfahrt gedreht. Die spätere Entwicklung des per Dampf angetriebenen Kettenlifts, der von Charles Alcokes patentiert wurde, besiegelte das Ende dieser manuell betriebenen Bahnen.Thompson baute allerdings weiterhin viele Achterbahnen, wie kurze Zeit später die ersten Scenic Railways und bald sogar komplette Freizeitparks. Wie viele andere dieser frühzeitlichen Achterbahnen wurde auch die Switchback Railway durch die technische Entwicklung schnell überholt, abgebaut und vermutlich durch größere Anlagen ersetzt.
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The original Switchback Railway was the first roller coaster at Coney Island in Brooklyn, New York City, and one of the earliest designed for amusement in the United States. 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. Coney Island's version was designed by LaMarcus Adna Thompson in 1881 and constructed in 1884. It appears Thompson based his design, at least in part, on the Mauch Chunk Switchback Railway which was a coal-mining train that had started carrying passengers as a thrill ride in 1827. For five cents, riders would climb a tower to board the large bench-like car and were pushed off to coast 600 ft (183 m) down the track to another tower. The car went just over 6 mph (9.7 km/h). At the top of the other tower the vehicle was switched to a return track or "switched back" (hence the name). This track design was soon replaced with an oval complete-circuit ride designed by Charles Alcoke and called the Serpentine Railway. In 1885 Phillip Hinkle developed a lift system which appeared in his ride called Gravity Pleasure. The Gravity Pleasure also featured cars in which the passengers could face forward instead of in the awkward bench-like seats of the first two roller coasters. The next year, Thompson patented his design of coasters that included dark tunnels with painted scenery. Thompson built many more roller coasters under the name "The L.A. Thompson Scenic Railway" across the United States. Some of these operated until 1954.
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