History of Rollercoasters - Ultimate Rollercoaster Ride Documentary - Prehistoric TV

History of Rollercoasters - Ultimate Rollercoaster Ride Documentary - Prehistoric TV

A roller coaster is a type of amusement ride that employs a form of elevated railroad track designed with tight turns, steep slopes, and sometimes inversions.[1] People ride along the track in open cars, and the rides are often found in amusement parks and theme parks around the world.[1] LaMarcus Adna Thompson obtained one of the first known patents for a roller coaster design in 1885, related to the Switchback Railway that opened a year earlier at Coney Island.[2][3] The track in a coaster design does not necessarily have to be a complete circuit, as shuttle roller coasters demonstrate. Most roller coasters have multiple cars in which passengers sit and are restrained.[4] Two or more cars hooked together are called a train. Some roller coasters, notably wild mouse roller coasters, run with single cars.

The oldest roller coasters are believed to have originated from the so-called "Russian Mountains", which were specially-constructed hills of ice, located in an area that would later become St. Petersburg.[5] Built in the 17th century, the slides were built to a height of between 21 and 24 m (70 and 80 feet), consisted of a 50-degree drop, and were reinforced by wooden supports. Later, in 1784, the Empress Catherine the Great is said to have constructed a sledding hill in the gardens of her palace at Oranienbaum in St. Petersburg. [6] The name Russian Mountains to designate a roller coaster is preserved in many Romance languages, such as the Spanish montaña rusa. However, the Russian term for roller coasters is "американские горки" ("amerikanskiye gorki"), which means "American mountains" in Russian.

[HarbingerOfBattle]

Should be called “The Building of Kingda Ka” this is NOT a documentary on the history of roller coasters.

[Senatorlemonsouth]

I shouldn’t need a high pass filter to watch a video on a basic setup

[zombiemosher]

Cool documentary. I've only managed so far to ride Stealth of these kind of coasters, as cool as that is its a baby compared to this beast.