What is LaMarcus Adna Thompsons earned nickname for his development of roller coasters?”
LaMarcus Adna Thompson (March 8, 1848 – May 8, 1919 in Ohio, United States) is best known for his early work developing roller coasters, and is sometimes called the “Father of Gravity”. Although over his lifetime, Thompson accumulated nearly thirty patents related to roller coaster technologies and built dozens of coasters in the United States and Europe, he did not invent the device; that credit goes to John G. Taylor who patented it under the name “Inclined Railway”. The original Switchback Railway at Coney Island was the first roller coaster designed as a ride for an amusement park in America. It was designed by LaMarcus Adna Thompson in 1881 and its construction took three years and was ultimately completed in 1884. It appears that Thompson based his design, at least in part, on the Mauch Chunk Switchback Railway which was a coal-mining train that had started carrying passengers as an amusement ride in 1827. The Mount Hood Railroad was built in 1906, and it climbs from an altitude
