During spring tide, the sun, earth, and moon are in a straight line. This causes

This causes higher average tidal ranges. The gravitational pull of the Sun and moon on Earth combined cause high tides that will be higher and low tides that will be lower than average.

the first american roller coaster was the mauch chunk switchback railway, built in the mountains of pennsylvania in the mid-1800s. the track, originally built to send coal to a railway, was reconfigured as a "scenic tour."