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| DESIGNERS & BUILDERS |
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| Philadelphia Toboggan Company has long been one of the leading coaster designers. The firm, working with designers such as Herbert Schmock and John Allen, crafted such coasters as the Wildcat (1927) at Lake Compounce Festival Park in Bristol, Connecticut, a classic example of the Golden Age of coaster architecture. The company also created the Giant (1917) at Pacagon Park, the Flying Comet (1940) at Whalam Park in Fichburg, Massachusetts, the Great American Scream Machine (1973) at Six Flags over Georgia in Atlanta, and others. |
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| O. D. Hopkins Associates, Incorporated created the Texas Tornado (1985) at Wonderland Texas, which was built by the Roller Coaster Corporation of Texas. |
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| Vekoma International of the Netherlands has designed numerous coasters for U. S. theme parks, including the Boomerang (1990) at Knott`s Berry Farm in Buena Park, California. |
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| Roger Tofte and Dave Windows created Ice Mountain Bobsled (1982) at Enchanted Forest in Turner, Oregon, and an original design with a 2000-foot long steel track undulating down a mountain side, including two lift hills. |
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| International Coaster Inc. created, among other coasters, Hurler (1994), a massive 3157-foot long woody at Paramount`s Carowinds and Kings Domain. |
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| Anton Schwarzkopf of Germany designed many U.S. theme park coasters. His Revolution (1976) at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California was the worlds first giant looping roller coaster with G-forces of 4.94 when entering the loop. |
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| National Amusement Devices created many coasters for American theme parks, the last being Wildcat (1968), now at Frontier City in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. |
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| Curtis D. Summers designed Mean Steak (1991) at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, the world`s second tallest wooden coaster. Mean Streak was constructed by Charles Dinn Corporation. |
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| Miller and Baker was one of America`s top coaster groups, creating such coasters as the Jack Rabbit (1922) at Kenny Wood in West Miffin, Pennsylvania |
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| William Cobb created many coasters. The last was the Tree Topper (1989) at Upper Clement Park in Clementsports, Nova Scotia, Canada. |
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| Frank Prior and Fredrick Church were a well-known coaster design team that created many classic coasters like the Giant Dipper (1925) at Belmont Park in San Diego, California. |
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| Arthur Looff was a golden age designer. He was known for building the Giant Dipper at Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk in Santa Cruz, California. In 1987, the Giant Dipper was honored as a National Historic Landmark. |
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| Arrow Dynamics created the runaway mine train style of coaster such as Cedar Creek Mine Ride (1969) at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio. Arrow Dynamics also designed the Magnum XL 200 (1969) with a price of $8 million. The Magnum was listed in the 1990 Guinness Book of World Records as the fastest coaster with the longest drop. |
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| E. Jay Morris designed Leap the Dips (1902) at Lakemont Park in Altoona, Pennsylvania. This is the world`s oldest coaster still operating and the only remaining "side friction figure eight design." |
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| Ed Veltel designed the famous Blue Streak (1937) at Connecticut Lake Park, Pennsylvania. The Blue Streak is known for its camel humps - a row of three large hills that occur in breathtaking succession. |
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| Bolliger and Mabillard of Switzerland have designed many coasters like the Raptor (1994) at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, which is the tallest, fastest, and longest of its kind in the world. Another one of the groups exciting coasters is the Vortex (1992) at Paramounts Carowinds. |
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| Custom Coaster, Inc. created the Sky Princess (1992) in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, a 200-foot long woody out and back. |
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