Corkscrew (Alton Towers)
| Corkscrew | |
|---|---|
| Alton Towers | |
| Location | Alton Towers |
| Park section | UG Land |
| Coordinates | 52°59′05″N 1°53′25″W / 52.9847°N 1.8904°W |
| Status | Removed |
| Opening date | 4 April 1980 |
| Closing date | 9 November 2008 |
| Cost | £1,250,000 |
| 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 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) |
| Built base area | 95 m × 50 m (312 ft × 164 ft) |
| Corkscrew at RCDB | |
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Corkscrew was a steel roller coaster located at Alton Towers theme park, in the United Kingdom. Corkscrew was manufactured for Alton Towers by Dutch company Vekoma, engineered by Werner Stengel of German Ing.-Büro Stengel GmbH (Ingenieur Büro Stengel). The coaster was located in the Ug Land area, formerly called Talbot Centre. 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, and was well received publicly in the 1980s.