Side Friction Roller Coaster - Installations

Installations

• Leap the Dips at Lakemont Park in Altoona, Pennsylvania. Opened in 1902.
• Rutschebanen (the name literally means "The Roller Coaster") at Tivoli Gardens in Denmark. Built by Denmark native Valdemar Lebech. Opened at the Baltic Fair in 1914 and moved to Tivoli Gardens in 1915.
• The Scenic Railway at Dreamland Margate in Kent, England. Opened in 1920, and given Grade II "listed" status by English Heritage (the equivalent of a national historic landmark in the United States). Part of the ride was destroyed by fire in April 2007; and it currently is SBNO.
• The scenic railway ride at Luna Park, Melbourne that has been running since 1912.
• The Hullámvasút at Vidámpark in Budapest, Hungary. Built in 1922, opened in 1926, after it was set on fire, this is the oldest operating roller coaster in Central Europe.
• The "Montaña Suiza" ("Swiss Mountain" in Spanish) at Parque de atracciones Monte Igueldo in Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain. Built by Erich Heidrich and operating since 1928.
• The Roller Coaster at Great Yarmouth Pleasure Beach in Norfolk, England. Also built by Erich Heidrich for the Colonial Exhibition in Paris in 1929. Moved to Great Yarmouth in 1932.
• Rutschebanen (the name literally means "The Roller Coaster") at Dyrehavsbakken in Denmark. Built by Denmark native Valdemar Lebech. Opened in 1932.
• The Hochschaubahn at Wurstelprater in Vienna, Austria. Opened in 1950 as a replacement for the original, which was destroyed during World War II.
• Vuoristorata at Linnanmäki in Helsinki, Finland. Built by Denmark native Valdemar Lebech. Opened in 1951. To date, this is the last side friction coaster ever built.