ROLLER COASTER - MADE TO AVOID SINS

 ROLLER COASTER - MADE TO AVOID SINS

The roller coaster rides that go fast at a high place successfully make adrenaline rise while having fun with friends and family.

However, you must know that the purpose of creating a roller coaster is quite strange and noble, you know!

LaMarcus Thompson, the inventor of this thrilling ride, created it so that American society would stay away from sin.

If you know, Americans at that time were being influenced by wealth and urbanization so they often went to theaters and brothels for fun.

Thompson is inspired when he sees people riding mining railroad cars for fun - which is certainly not sinful.

Finally, the socks entrepreneur opened the first roller coaster ride called The Switchback Railway in Brooklyn, New York.

The History

Before being known as the father of the roller coaster, Thompson was a carpenter as a teenager until in 1873 he started to operate a grocery store in Elkhart, Indiana. It was there that he began designing socks to sell but as his health deteriorated he eventually went out of business and came up with the idea of making a roller coaster while on a trip to Carbon County, a mining hub.

The trip was quite interesting because it passed several hills with a height of almost 2300 feet, high enough and made some of the tourists who were with him scream with joy. Then, the idea of making a roller coaster appeared in his mind.

Long story short, he also managed to make a roller coaster with a height of 50 feet and a length of 600 feet with a speed of 10 mph on Coney Island. At first glance, this game created by Thompson is indeed quite standard, but at that time, it was a big discovery that no one had thought of before. Before many people imitated his idea, Thompson first patented his work.

Thompson's patent rights made him skyrocket, he also made roller coasters with a variety of creative ideas by building higher, faster, and steeper roller coasters. Not only that, he adds visuals to make the ride even more exciting by adding tunnels, lights, unique views, and even more comfortable seats.

Each version of Scenic Railway is made more complicated than the previous version, which includes more updates and a variety of visuals. Most notable is the installation in Venice, California which opened in 1910, the path is quite beautiful with lights, artificial hills, and a replica of the temple that he finally made exactly like at Disney.

Thompson got many projects for his success. He seems to have lived for roller coasters, he even died while working on a roller coaster project at Luna Park Melbourne, Australia in 1919. Because of his consistency and contribution, this Ohio-born scientist was finally named the Father of Roller Coasters and is known as a successful businessman for rides.