Giant Dipper (Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk)

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Giant dipper
Giant dipper
Data
Location Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk
( Santa Cruz , California , USA )
Type Wood - sitting
Drive type Chain lift hill
Manufacturer Arthur Looff
Designer Frank Priot ,
Fredrick Church
costs 50,000  USD
opening May 17, 1924
length 805 m
height 21 m
Departure 20 m
Max. speed 89 km / h
Travel time 1:52 min
Inversions 0

Giant Dipper on the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk ( Santa Cruz , California , USA ) is a wooden roller coaster manufactured by Arthur Looff , which opened on May 17, 1924. It was constructed by Frank Prior and Fredrick Church in the form of a double out & back layout. The construction lasted only 47 days and cost 50,000  US dollars . At the time of its opening, the ride on it cost 15 cents. Giant Dipper has been ridden by over 50 million people. She has appeared in a number of commercials and films, including The Lost Boys , Dirty Harry Comes Back, and Dangerous Minds .

Trains

Giant Dipper's trains each have six cars. Four people (two rows of two people) can be seated in each car.

Facts

  • Arthur Looff's father, Charles ID Looff, built the boardwalk's beloved carousel back in 1911, which is still in operation like Giant Dipper.
  • There is another roller coaster with the same name in Belmont Park . It was built in 1925 and has the same dimensions.
  • In 1987 the railway was recognized by the National Park Service as a National Historic Landmark - a National Historic Landmark .
  • Looff describes his plans as a combination of earthquake , balloon ascent, and plane crash.
  • When the railway opened, it differed from the railway we know today. Instead of an indoor station, it had an outdoor station without a tunnel at the beginning of the journey. It was also green, not red. The trains were exchanged a few times. In February 2007, the front of the trains was marked with a 100 year mark and the sides were painted red and blue.
  • Giant Dipper is the sixth oldest roller coaster in America.

photos

  • Rail seen from the Skyglider

  • A train drives into the station

  • First loop

  • Boarding the old trains

Web links

Commons : Giant Dipper (Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk)  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Coordinates: 36 ° 57 '53 "  N , 122 ° 0' 55.1"  W.