Leap-The-Dips Roller Coaster

Leap-The-Dips Roller Coaster is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Altoona, Blair County, dedicated 2000.

Lakemont Park 700 Park Ave., Altoona

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Built here in 1902 by E. Joy Morris of Philadelphia, it was among some 250 side-friction figure eight roller coasters in North America. It became the last known ride of this type and the world's oldest known operating roller coaster. A National Historic Landmark.

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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1889 · Composite: Pennsylvania. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1891 · Map of Pennsylvania. 93 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1902 · Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1903 · Pennsylvania. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1903 · Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

Pennsylvania, 1903, covering the location of Leap-The-Dips Roller Coaster, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Pennsylvania, 1903, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Leap-The-Dips Roller Coaster

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