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History Happened Here: How the Switchback Railroad Inspired the Invention of the Roller Coaster
September 12, 2014

The Switchback Gravity Railroad, built in 1827, was only the second railroad built in America. It relied on gravity, with mules.

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Historic Preservation & Community Identity
October 15, 2003