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Name:  Matt G.
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Age: 17
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Date: 2000-2001
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How are roller coasters constructed?

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There are several good sources on this.

Robert Cartmell The Incredible Scream Machine: A History of the Roller Coaster Bowling Green State University Popular Press, 1987.

Scott Rutherford The American Roller Coaster, MBI Publishing Company, 2000. Chapter 3

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