Corkscrew (Alton Towers)
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Corkscrew was a steel roller coaster located at Alton Towers theme park, near Alton in the English shire county of Staffordshire, United Kingdom. Corkscrew was manufactured for Alton Towers by Dutch company Vekoma,[2][3] engineered by Werner Stengel of German Ing.-Büro Stengel GmbH (Ingenieur Büro Stengel).[4] The coaster was located in the Ug Land area, formerly called Talbot Centre.[2] It was the theme park's oldest ride and considered one of the greatest factors in promoting the new theme park to the British public. It was the first double-inverting coaster in the UK and Europe,[1] and was well received publicly in the 1980s.[5]
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Corkscrew | |
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Alton Towers | |
Location | Alton Towers |
Park section | UG Land |
Coordinates | 52°59′05″N 1°53′25″W |
Status | Removed |
Opening date | 4 April 1980 (1980-04-04) |
Closing date | 9 November 2008 (2008-11-09) |
Cost | £1,250,000[1] |
Replaced by | TH13TEEN |
General statistics | |
Type | Steel |
Manufacturer | Vekoma |
Designer | Werner Stengel |
Model | Corkscrew with Bayerncurve |
Track layout | custom |
Lift/launch system | Chain lift hill |
Height | 23 m (75 ft) |
Drop | 21 m (68.9 ft) |
Length | 731 m (2,398 ft) |
Speed | 64.3 km/h (40.0 mph) |
Inversions | 2 |
Duration | 1:15 |
Capacity | 1,400[2] riders per hour |
Height restriction | 47.3 in (120 cm) |
Trains | 2 trains with 6 cars. Riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows for a total of 24 riders per train. |
Total mass | 350 metric tons (340 long tons; 390 short tons)[3] |
Built base area | 95 m × 50 m (312 ft × 164 ft)[3] |
Corkscrew at RCDB |
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