MIDWAY, FL - Today is National Roller Coaster Day. In honor of the holiday, we learned about the history of roller coasters.
In 1878, Richard Knudsen and J.G. Taylor received a U.S. patent for what would eventually be referred to as a wooden roller coaster.
The device consisted of two adjacent railway tracks that ran between two towers carrying four-passenger cars.
The force of gravity would pull the cars down over sloping hills.
The cars would then be hauled up by the elevator in the opposite tower for the return trip.
One of the best parts about the roller coaster experience is viewing pictures snapped during the ride.
WTXL's Christine Souders, Malcolm Hornsby and Forecaster Melanie Steinberg looked at some of the funniest captured on a roller coaster.
