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Big Dipper
Blackpool Pleasure Beach · Wooden Coaster · 1923
Blackpool's out-and-back wooden classic, still throwing airtime a century on.
✏️ Who designed it
- John A. MillerOriginal 1923 design
- Charles Paige1936 reprofile / extension
- Joe Emberton1936 reprofile / extension
Confidence: Verified · Source: Official park information; RCDB
Miller designed the original coaster; Paige and Emberton were involved in the major 1936 modification.
🎢 Quick Facts
- Park
- Blackpool Pleasure Beach
- Opened
- 1923
- Manufacturer
- William Strickler
- Type
- Wooden Coaster
- Height
- Not currently confirmed
- Track Length
- 1,000 m (3,281 ft) (estimated)
- Top speed
- Not currently confirmed
- Inversions
- 0
- Launch
- No
- Duration
- 2:30
- Minimum height
- Not currently confirmed
- Original build cost
- £25k (Known)
- Status
- Operating
Published/reported figure.
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