Who made the first roller coaster?

casperone123

LaMarcus Adna Thompson patented the first roller coaster on January 20, 1885. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roller_coaster Jun 19 06, 3:00 PM

zbeckabee

Some additional information to be considered: "Robert Cartmell, who wrote the book The Incredible Scream Machine: A History of the Roller Coaster, gives the Russians credit for building the first wheeled machine. He states that it was in the Gardens of Orienbaum in St. Petersburg. Cartmell says that this ride was built in 1784 and featured carriages that undulated over hills within grooved tracks. Other historians say it was the French who added wheels to the slides." "It is known that by 1817 two coasters were built in France called the Les Montagues Russes a Belleville (roughly translated: the Russian Mountains of Belleville) and Promenades Aeriennes (The Aerial Walk), both of which featured cars that locked to the track in some manner." http://www.ultimaterollercoaster.com/coasters/history/start/history_early.shtml Jun 19 06, 7:13 PM