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A toboggan is a simple sled traditionally used by children. It is also a traditional form of transport used by the Innu and Cree of northern Canada. Illustration of a toboggan. In modern times, it is used on snow to carry one or more people (often children) down a hill or other slope for recreation.
Toboggan is a portable roller coaster that was built by Chance Industries from 1969 to the mid-1970s. [1] The coaster features a small vehicle, holding two people, that climbs vertically inside a hollow steel tower then spirals back down around the same tower.
The first form of summer toboggan was the alpine slide, which started in its present form in the 1970s. Josef Wiegand had envisioned the idea of creating a roller coaster ride for ski resorts that would take advantage of the topography of the land, rather than building a structure to create the elevation changes that traditional roller coasters required.
Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters (PTC) is one of the oldest existing roller coaster manufacturing companies in the world. Based in Hatfield, Pennsylvania , it was established in 1904 by Henry B. Auchy and Chester Albright under the name Philadelphia Toboggan Company .
Abtenau Summer Toboggan [1] near Salzburg: Coaster 1.920 kilometres (1.2 mi) long, reaching speeds of up to 40 km/h (25 mph) Imst Alpine Coaster Imst, Tyrol: Coaster The world's second longest mountain coaster, 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) long Mieders Summer Toboggan Run Serlesbahnen Monorail coaster
A toboggan is a type of sled. Toboggan may also refer to: Knit cap, called a "toboggan" in some regional dialects of the United States; Toboggan (BMX trick) Toboggan (Lakemont Park), a roller coaster; Toboggan Handicap, a thoroughbred horse race; Toboggan (horse), a thoroughbred race horse; Water slide, called a "toboggan" in some languages
In Canada, a knitted hat, worn in winter, usually made from wool or acrylic. Also known as a woolly hat, ski cap, knit hat, knit cap, sock cap, stocking cap, or watch cap. Sometimes called a toboggan or goobalini in parts of the USA. In New Zealand, Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom, the term "Stocking Cap" is applied to this cap.
Philadelphia Toboggan Company manufacturers John C. Allen (May 21, 1907 – August 17, 1979) was a roller coaster designer who was responsible for the revival of wooden roller coasters which began in the 1960s.