Roller Coaster Origin: How This Popular Ride In Amusement Parks Was Created

Later on, Catherine the Great gave this amusement structure an improvement when she fitted her imperial sleigh with wheels for summer use, based on the article in American Experience. Then, a French traveler adapted the ice slide to a milder climate and a track was created with a groove running down the middle, and a bench with wheels was fitted into the groove. The French traveler brought this to his hometown but Parisians were facing sideways.