Loop the Loop (occasionally referred to as the Flip Flap Railway) was a steel,
dual-tracked roller coaster located in
Atlantic City
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Atlantic City comprises the second half of the Atlantic City- Hammonton metropolitan sta ...
,
New Jersey
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. The roller coaster opened in 1901 and operated until 1912. It was one of the earliest
looping roller coasters in the United States.
History
Loop the Loop was designed and built in 1901 by Edward A. Green and Edwin Prescott on one of Captain John L. Young's piers in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
It was the goal of Green and Prescott to create a looping coaster which would not be subject to the same extreme
g-force
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s which plagued
Lina Beecher's earlier
Flip Flap Railway
Flip Flap Railway was the name of a looping wooden roller coaster which operated for a number of years at Paul Boyton's Sea Lion Park on Coney Island in Brooklyn, New York. The coaster, which opened in 1895, was one of the first looping rolle ...
on
Coney Island
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in New York.
The Loop the Loop attracted considerable attention,
and was promoted in a number of ways by
John L. Young
John Lorenzo Young (30 May 1826 in London – 26 July 1881 at sea) was an English-Australian educationalist and founder of the Adelaide Educational Institution.
History
Young was born in London, a son of John Tonkin Young (1802 – 10 April 1 ...
, the owner of the pier. For example, Young commissioned a photograph contest which offered a $40 prize for the best photograph of the new coaster (as well as numerous lesser prizes).
Toy replicas were also made of the coaster.
Ride experience
Like its
sister coaster in Coney Island,
Loop the Loop was a racing coaster with parallel tracks which each progressed through a single vertical loop.
Another common factor was that both coasters incorporated an oval loop to reduce the g-forces produced by the earlier Coney Island Flip Flap Railway which utilized a circular loop. Despite the design improvements and substantial improvement in g-forces, however, the ride was reported to be unpleasant.
This, paired with the ride's low capacity (only four individuals could ride the coaster every five minutes), meant that the Loop the Loop at Atlantic City was ultimately a failure.
See also
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Flip Flap Railway
Flip Flap Railway was the name of a looping wooden roller coaster which operated for a number of years at Paul Boyton's Sea Lion Park on Coney Island in Brooklyn, New York. The coaster, which opened in 1895, was one of the first looping rolle ...
, the first looping roller coaster built on Coney Island and the first in North America.
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Loop the Loop (Coney Island)
Loop the Loop was a dual-tracked steel roller coaster that operated on Coney Island in Brooklyn, New York, from 1901 to 1910. The coaster was one of the first looping roller coasters in North America.
History
Loop the Loop was the second loop ...
, the second looping coaster built on Coney Island which was also constructed by Edwin Prescott.
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Loop the Loop (Olentangy Park), A looping steel coaster built at
Olentangy Park near
Columbus, Ohio
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.
References
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Former roller coasters in New Jersey