Alton Towers Almanac: Gallery: January 28th 2005

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On the wall in the Press Office, you can see some images of Rita's logo.

Near the entrance to Ug Land, the "tusks" that supported the entrance sign are lying on the ground waiting to be re-installed once the majority of the work has been carried out.

Rita's on-ride photo shop, under construction near the entrance of Ug Land on the left hand side as you walk in.

Work on the station is progressing at a fast rate.

A look at the area behind the station.

Builders hard at work contructing the station.

Looking towards the hydraulics building, which is being painted.

Looking down the launch towards the station, you can see how much headroom there will be for the public walking beneath it.

A closer look at the yellow hydraulics building. It currently has no roof to allow the larger and heavier components to be lowered in by crane.

A "cherry picker" is getting ready to put track sections into place.

A close-up of part of the launch mechanism, near where the track passes over the hydraulics building.

Looking towards Corkscrew, and also the ride's on-ride photo booth.

Large footers close to Corkscrew's station.

Looking towards where Bone Shaker used to be placed.

Plenty of work being carried out on the hydraulics building.

A close-up of one of the massive footers. This one goes a full 6 metres into the ground!

The supports for the first banked turn are up already. Note that one support will be attached to two sections of track.

A side-on look at the hydraulics building.

A closer shot of the supports by the first turn.

This shot demonstrates just how large the hydraulics building has to be to make the ride go to 100km/h in less than three seconds.

Looking towards the launch section, from the rear of the site.

Those supports in closer detail.

The repainted Corkscrew. Notice the absence of the queue line.

The Corkscrew station, which has had work done on it to accommodate the fact that Rita will get very close to it.

A side-on look at the launch.

More footers. The springs at placed where the track "stress" will be at its highest.

From Corkscrew's lift hill, you can clearly see Rita's ride photo shop, complete with chequered flags.

A fantastic view of the construction site.

From this vantage point, you can see the hole in the roof of the hydraulics building.

From here, you can see how close Rita comes to Corkscrew. Also note the platform for Rita's brake run.

A cherry-picker works to continue repainting Corkscrew.

Another overview of the construction site.

In this shot, you can see that the majority of Corkscrew's repaint is now finished.

Look how close one of Rita's footers is to Corkscrew's station platform! There used to be a queue line there...

Looking back towards Rita's station platform.

Underneath the launch, looking towards the station. Guests will get a fantastic view as the train roars directly above their heads!

And from the same spot, we look the other way towards where the first bend will be.

Work is going on inside the hydraulics building to make way for the parts that will be fitted inside.

This massive drum is one of the many components that will drive the launch.

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