On this day in 1884 — 138 years ago today — the first roller coaster in America opened at Coney Island in Brooklyn, New York - Frank Beacham's Journal
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The decline and fall of Coney Island's original Thunderbolt - The Bowery Boys: New York City History
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The decline and fall of Coney Island's original Thunderbolt - The Bowery Boys: New York City History
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