Here’s an amazing video of the Steeplechase mechanical horse ride at Steeplechase Park, Coney Island, in the early 1900s. I can’t imagine a ride like this existing today with modern safety standards.
To ride the Steeplechase, you sit on a mechanical horse and zoom downhill tracks with no seatbelt. — Read the rest
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