Black Hole - Alton Towers (Alton, Staffordshire, England, UK)

Facts

Roller Coaster:			Black Hole Black Hole II (1989 to ?) New Black Hole (1988) Black Hole (1983 to 1987)
Amusement Park:			Alton Towers (Alton, Staffordshire, England, UK)
Classification:			Roller Coaster
Type:			Steel - Sit Down
Status:			Defunct SBNO from 3/6/2005 to 2006 Operated from 1983 to 3/5/2005
Relocations:			Alton Towers as Black Hole Furuvik as Rocket
Make / Model:			Schwarzkopf / All Models / Jet Star 2
Designer:			Ing.-Büro Stengel GmbH
Dimensions:			82 ft x 152.6 ft
Lift / Launch System:			Electric Spiral Lift
Categories:			Enclosed
Maps:			Bing Maps (Satellite) · Google Maps (Satellite)
Capacity:			900 riders per hour

Length:			1,919.3 ft
Height:			44.3 ft
Inversions:			0
Duration:			1:50
Facts:			JetStar II models normally cannot support coupled trains. In 1988 the German firm BHS (a Bavarian steel and mining company, who's amusement division later became Maurer Söhne) of Peißenberg modified this JetStar II to do just that.

__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __