The Coolest Roller Coasters in the World

Define "coolest". I thought that amusement park rides were supposed to be scary. Most aren't. They're certified when they're built and regularly inspected thereafter. Sure, there's an occasional accident (especially at Tragic Mountain in Southern California) but everyone who rides them has a reasonable expectation of surviving the experience. There was, however, one that people continued to ride long after it should have been burned down. It was located at Tolchester Beach on the Eastern Shore of the Chesapeake Bay. Once upon a time it was a popular port-of-call for excursion boats sailing from Baltimore, Maryland on day trips. When I went there in the 1950s, the park was well past its prime. The few patrons drove there or came by pleasure boat. We arrived on a Sea Scout boat. The roller coaster was a wooden structure that workmen regularly visited to drive additional nails into the splitting ends of boards or nail up 2x4s to reinforce sagging sections. Every time a coaster passed overhead, you could see a plank or two fall off. Now that was scary!

Sounds like fun, I need to check some of these out. Thanks MSgt Danny Hope