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Toboggan is a portable roller coaster that was built by Chance Industries from 1969 to the mid-1970s. [1] The coaster features a small vehicle, holding two people, that climbs vertically inside a hollow steel tower then spirals back down around the same tower.
Responsible for the sale of amusement rides, attractions and related products. Companies represented or partnered with Ride Entertainment include: Gerstlauer – all of the company's North American sales are handled by Ride Entertainment.
The highest alpine coaster in the world, with a starting elevation of 2,971 metres (9,747 ft) and a downhill run of 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) reaching a top speed of 25 mph (40 km/h). Opened in March 2007.
Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters (PTC) is one of the oldest existing roller coaster manufacturing companies in the world. Based in Hatfield, Pennsylvania , it was established in 1904 by Henry B. Auchy and Chester Albright under the name Philadelphia Toboggan Company .
The first form of summer toboggan was the alpine slide, which started in its present form in the 1970s. Josef Wiegand had envisioned the idea of creating a roller coaster ride for ski resorts that would take advantage of the topography of the land, rather than building a structure to create the elevation changes that traditional roller coasters required.
A toboggan is a simple sled traditionally used by children. It is also a traditional form of transport used by the Innu and Cree of northern Canada. Illustration of a toboggan. In modern times, it is used on snow to carry one or more people (often children) down a hill or other slope for recreation.