Lamarcus Adna Thompson

?2009 The almost influencing individual in my life would energize to be the inventor of the first gravity-powered bowl coaster in the United States by LaMarcus Adna Thompson, also known as the yield of the Gravity Ride for his Switchback Railway at Coney Island, overbold York city and became famous for the Scenic Railway on the Boardwalk in Atlantic City, New Jersey in 1887. Thompson was born on March 8, 1848 in Jersey, Ohio. At the age of 12, he built a butter churn and an oxcart, and was a master carpenter by the age of 17. In 1866, Thompson graduated from Hillsdale College in Michigan.He worked in a wagon and carriage business and then made a mint for the manufacture of seamless womens hosiery. In the early 1880s, Thompson almost had a nervous breakdown and thus interchange his sh are in the hosiery business and returned to his first passion of inventing. Thompson was inspire by the designs of other inventors and the Mauch Chunk Switchback Railway in Pennsylvania. In 18 84 in Coney Island, he had successfully built his version of the Mauch Chunk Switchback Railway, which he just simply called it, the Switchback Railway.Within the next four years, he had built about fifty railways all over the nation and in Europe. As much sophisticated coasters were beginning to be built, Thompsons business was head start to go downhill. So Thompson paired up with James A. Griffiths, a power, and produced his most famous attraction the Scenic Railway in 1887. It was a turn over tour of some elaborate artificial scenery with vividly benighted tableaus, biblical scenes and flora-illuminated by lights triggered by approaching cars.This ride was the foundation of the quad Mountain of Disneyland in Anaheim, CA and other theme park journeys. mingled with the Switchbacks and his death on May 8, 1919, in Glen Cove, New York, Thompson had built umteen other scenic railways such as the masterpiece of faux-mountain and the Egyptian imagination in Venice, CA in 1910, which faced competition with his old better half James A. Griffiths. subsequently he retired, he still patented an machine rifle car coupler and sold the invention to railroad car manufacturer, George Pullman. After Thompsons death his legacy still ived through the Thompson company coasters, notably the Bobs, which was later renamed the Tornado, built at Coney Island in 1926. From then on, galore(postnominal) coasters come been built and thought of. They are very intricate designs and have to be precise otherwise someone will buy off hurt. at that place are two types of roller coasters, steel and wooden. Steel roller coasters are known for their smooth riding usually taking the riders upside down, in cork screws, etc. Some of the designs for the tracks are dwelling, figure 8, inverted, launched, shuttle, side friction, gyrate and twister roller coasters.The most popular coasters are the floorless, flying, stand-up, suspended swing, and the Virginia Reel. LaMarcus Adna Thomps on has influenced me more than I realized. My dream out of college is to become a roller coaster designer and if he had never invented the Switchback Railway I probably would be pursue another career. I hope to be as successful as he was. I have learned to still be collateral and stay focused on my goals in life now because the choices I make now will affect the way my future is compete out.Like school for instance, I need to keep my grades up up to now though I have only one year left over(p) of in high spirits school. One bad grade could greatly decrease my chances of passage to a college of my choice rather than a college I have to go to because I have no other offers. Even if Thompson almost had a nervous breakdown he still has inspired me to keep lamentable forward and to find comfort in the things that I find enjoyable. Yes, he did sell his part of the business but I would rather elapse up my part, than to bring everyone else down with me because that wouldnt be fair to them.I understand more now than I ever did that when you fail its only an obstacle in your path that when you overcome it, you become make up stronger than before. You become more creative and see the things in life with a totally different perspective than you wouldve thought of before. Now that I have grown to become a better person to find the healthy in everything I do and to pursue my dreams with my chin up high even though I know that I will get shut out every now and then. But that only way that greater things for me are to come in the mere future.