Edwin Prescott receives the first patent for a vertical loop roller coaster - August 16th, 1898 - a podcast by iHeartRadio & HowStuffWorks

On this day in 1898, inventor and mechanic Edwin Prescott was granted the first patent for a vertical loop roller coaster.

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