Henry B. Auchy (18611922) was a businessman who co-founded the Philadelphia Toboggan Company, which was later renamed Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters, in Philadelphia, on January 21, 1904. Then located at 130 East Duval Street,[1] the Company is the oldest existing roller coaster manufacturing company in the world. The company has been moved to Hatfield, Pennsylvania. A street near the former site of White City Amusement Park in Erdenheim, Pennsylvania bears his name.

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  1. "Historic 1918 carousel opens at Seattle's Woodland Park Zoo on July 22, 2006. - HistoryLink.org". www.historylink.org.
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