Oldest Roller Coasters in Operation

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Rank	Opened	Name	Amusement park	Location	Designer/Builder
1st	1902	Leap The Dips	Lakemont Park	Altoona, Pennsylvania, USA	Edward Joy Morris
2nd	1912	Scenic Railway	Luna Park Melbourne	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
3rd	1914	Rutschebanen	Tivoli Gardens	Copenhagen, Sjælland, Denmark	LaMarcus A. Thomson
4th	1917	Wild One*	Six Flags America	Upper Marlboro, Maryland, USA	John A. Miller
5th	1920	Jack Rabbit	Kennywood	West Mufflin, Pennsylvania, USA	Charlie Mach, John A. Miller
		Jack Rabbit	Seabreeze	Rochester, New York, USA	Harry C. Baker, John A. Miller
		Scenic Railway	Dreamland	Margate, Kent, UK	LaMarcus A. Thomson
6th	1921	Roller Coaster	Lagoon	Farmington, Utah, USA	John A. Miller
7th	1922	Hullámvasút	Vidampark	Budapest, Pest, Hungary	Irvine Dragon
8th	1923	Big Dipper	Pleasure Beach Blackpool	Blackpool, England, UK	William Strickler, John A. Miller
		Thunderhawk	Dorney Park	Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA	Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters, Inc., Herbert Paul Schmeck
9th	1924	Giant Dipper	Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk	Santa Cruz, California, USA	Frank Prior, Fredrick Church, Arthur Looff
		Thunderbolt	Kennywood	West Mifflin, Pennsykvania, USA	Andy Vettel
10th	1925	Giant Dipper	Belmont Park	San Diego, California, USA	Frank Prior, Fredrick Church
11th	1927	Cyclone	Astroland	Brooklyn, New York, USA	Harry C. Baker, Vernon Keenan
		Racer	Kennywood	West Mufflin, Pennsylvania, USA	Charlie Mach, John A. Miller
		Wildcat	Lake Compunce	Bristol, Connecticut, USA	Charlie Dinn, Curtis D. Summers, Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters, Inc., Herbert Paul Schmeck
12th	1929	Dragon Coaster (Rye Playland)	Playland Amusement Park	Rye, New York, USA	Frederick Church
13th	1930	Legend	Arnolds Park	Arnolds Park, Iowa, USA	Outdoor Amusement Enterprise, Inc., John A. Miller
14th	1941	Thunderbolt	Six Flags New England	Agawam, Massachusetts, USA

‍*Wild One originally operated as Giant Coaster at Paragon Park in Massachusetts, USA. It was moved to Six Flags America in 1986 and was restored to its original condition.

Steel

Rank	Opened	Name	Amusement park	Location	Designer/Builder
1st	1928	Montaña Suiza	Parque de Atracciones Monte Igueldo	San Sebastián, Guipuzcoa, Spain	Heidrich
2nd	1930	Rodelbaan	De Waarbeek	Hengelo, Overijssel, Netherlands	In-House
3rd	1950	Little Dipper	Conneaut Lake Park	Conneaut Lake, Pennsylvania, USA	Allan Herschell Company
4th	1952	Little Dipper	Memphis Kiddie Park	Cleveland, Ohio, USA	Allan Herschell Company
		Little Dipper	Quassy Amusement Park	Middlebury, Connecticut, USA	Allan Herschell Comapny
5th	1953	Roller Coaster	Hanayashiki Amusement Park	Asakusa, Taito, Tokyo, Japan	TOGO
6th	1955	Wild Chipmunk	Lakeside Amusement Park	Denver, Colorado, USA	Miller Manufacturing