Alton Towers Almanac: Gallery: Corkscrew

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The world famous image of corkscrew used on hundreds of thousands of merchandise items over the years.

Another iconic photo of the Corkscrew from the late 1980s.

Corkscrew circa 1984.

Corkscrew about to go "over the top" circa 1984.

Corkscrew, taken from the Sky Ride in 1987.

The view of the brake run from the queue line for Corkscrew, in 1987.

A train going through the first inversion, taken in July 1987.

Corkscrew, in 1989.

A great shot of Corkscrew going down the first drop, in 1989.

A Corkscrew train sat in the brake run, in 1992.

The first drop, in 1992.

The old on-ride photo.

The station was decorated differently back in 1992.

Corkscrew in 1993.

One of Corkscrew's bright red trains in the station, during 1995.

Corkscrew in 2004. By this time, the area had been rethemed to 'Ug Land', but Rita had not yet been installed.

Looking from Corkscrew's lift hill towards the area in 2004.

Ug Land and Corkscrew in 2004.

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