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40 Photos of Amusement Park Rides Through the Years That'll Make Your Stomach Do Flip-Flops

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June 1, 2021 at 1:46 PM

1941: Parachute Jump, Coney Island, New York

1846: Centrifugal Railway, Manchester, England

1897: The Steeplechase, Brooklyn, New York

1893: The Original Ferris Wheel, Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Illinois

1895: Flip-Flap Railway, Sea Lion Park, Brooklyn, New York

1903: Loop the Loop, Luna Park, Brooklyn, New York

1908: Flip-Flap Ride, Franco-British Exhibition, White City, London

1908: Devil's Wheel, Oktoberfest, Munich, Germany

1908: The Tickler, Chester Park, Cincinnati, Ohio

1910: The Human Pool Table, Steeplechase Park, Brooklyn, New York

1920: Wonder Wheel, Coney Island, New York

1923: Bumper Cars, Glen Echo Park, Glen Echo, Maryland

1927: Racer, Kennywood, West Mifflin, Pennsylvania

1927: Derby Racer, Playland, Rye, New York

1930s: Auto Race, Kennywood, West Mifflin, Pennsylvania

1930s: Auto Race, Kennywood, West Mifflin, Pennsylvania

1930: Helter Skelter, Gorky Central Park of Culture and Leisure, Moscow, Russia

1930s: Loop-O-Plane, Kennywood, West Mifflin, Pennsylvania

1941: Parachute Jump, Coney Island, New York

1949: The Looper, Rockaways' Playland, Rockaway Beach, New York

1949: Stand-Up Swing, Park Unknown

1951: Big Dipper, Festival of Britain Pleasure Gardens, Battersea, England

1951: The Rotor, Festival of Britain Pleasure Gardens, Battersea, England

1954: Flying Cars, Riverview Park, Chicago, Illinois

1954: Flying Cars, Riverview Park, Chicago, Illinois

1963: Double Ferris Wheel, Gwynn Oak, Gwynn Oak, Maryland

1975: Space Mountain, Walt Disney World Resort, Orlando, Florida

1985: Alpine Slides and Cannonball Loop, Action Park, Vernon, New Jersey

1989: Magnum XL-200, Cedar Point, Sandusky, Ohio

1994: Shockwave, Drayton Manor Theme Park, Staffordshire, England

1998: The Giant Drop, Dreamworld, Coomera, Australia

2003: X-Scream, Stratosphere, Las Vegas, Nevada

2005: Kingda Ka, Six Flags Great Adventure, Jackson, NJ

2006: Steel Dragon 2000, Nagashima Spa Land, Nagoya, Japan

2010: Formula Rossa, Ferrari World, Yas Island, Abu Dhabi

2014: The High Roller Observation Wheel, The LINQ Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada

2014: Sochi Swing, Skypark AJ Hackett Sochi, Sochi, Russia

2016: The Smiler, Alton Towers, Staffordshire, UK

2016: Sky Cycle, Washuzan Highland, Kurashiki-shi, Japan

2019: Takabisha, Fuji-Q Highland, Yamanashi, Japan,

You can still ride some of them today.

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