Corkscrew
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Corkscrew
Cedar Point · US · Arrow Development Corkscrew with vertical loop
“Cedar Point taught the midway to look upward.”
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Fast facts
- Opened to the public on May 15, 1976. en.wikipedia.org
- Operating steel coaster at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio. coasterpedia.net
- Manufacturer: Arrow Development; model: Custom Looping Coaster. coasterpedia.net
- Height: 26 metres, about eighty-five feet. coasterpedia.net
- Top speed: 77 km/h, about forty-eight mph. en.wikipedia.org
- Three inversions: one vertical loop and a double corkscrew. en.wikipedia.org
- Designed capacity: 1,800 riders per hour; reported cost: $1.75 million. coasterpedia.net
The story of Corkscrew
In the mid-1970s, Cedar Point was adding fresh life to its Lake Erie peninsula. Corkscrew arrived on May 15, 1976, after being announced under the name The Great Lake Erie Roller and then given the plainer, truer name visitors know today. en.wikipedia.org· coaster101.com
Arrow Development supplied the steel, with Ron Toomer credited as designer. The work cost $1.75 million, and its compact course gave the park a vertical loop followed by a double corkscrew. en.wikipedia.org· coasterpedia.net
Its great civic flourish is not height but placement. The train turns upside down over the midway itself, so the strolling visitor becomes part of the scene before boarding. sixflags.com· en.wikipedia.org
Corkscrew also gave Cedar Point a world first: three inversions on one roller coaster. It remains operating, a modest steel monument from the years when American parks learned to draw their promenades in loops. sixflags.com· coasterpedia.net
Sources
- en.wikipedia.org Acceptable source
- coasterpedia.net Preferred source
- coaster101.com Acceptable source
- sixflags.com Preferred source