Big Dipper (Pleasure Beach Blackpool)

Big Dipper General [[File:|link=|center]] ' ' Park Pleasure Beach Blackpool Location Status Operating Operated Operated May 5, 1923 - Opened May 5, 1923 Opening Cost £25,000 Height restriction 46 inches (117 cm) Statistics Manufacturer Builder William Strickler Designer John C. Allen Type Wooden Type Model Riders per train 24 Riders per hour Lift/launch system Chain Lift Height 60 feet Drop feet Top speed mph Length 3,300 feet Dimensions feet x feet Duration 2:30 Inversions 0 Steepest drop 46 degrees Maximum g-force 3.7G

Big Dipper is a wooden out and back roller coaster at Pleasure Beach Blackpool, in Blackpool, England. The ride was first built in 1923 by John Miller but was extended in 1936 by Charlie Paige and Joe Emberton; adding arches over the south entrance of the park and additional drops.

Photo Gallery

Big Dipper with Big One in the background

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