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==Notable installations== *[[Leap the Dips]] at [[Lakemont Park]] in [[Altoona, Pennsylvania]]. Opened in 1902, Leap the Dips is the oldest roller coaster in the world and the last remaining side-friction roller coaster in North America. It was out of service from 1985 to 1999.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/palitmap/Coaster.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150528013722/https://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/palitmap/Coaster.html |archive-date=May 28, 2015 |title=Leap-the-Dips: A Thrill From the Past |author=Todd W. Fornwalt |publisher=[[Penn State University]] |year=2010 |accessdate=May 14, 2015}}</ref> *Slope Shooter at the [[Higashiyama Zoo and Botanical Gardens]], built in 1961. It has a long, winding layout, and has troughs made of steel and concrete.
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