Canobie Corkscrew

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Canobie Corkscrew

The train travelling through the double corkscrew element

Canobie Lake Park
Location	Salem, New Hampshire, USA
Status	Defunct
Operated	1987 to 2021

Alabama State Fairgrounds
Location	Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Operated	1982 to 1986

Old Chicago
Name	Chicago Loop
Location	Bolingbrook, Illinois, USA
Operated	1975 to 1980

Statistics

Manufacturer

Arrow Dynamics

Product

Corkscrew

Type

Steel

Riders per train

24

Propulsion

Chain lift hill

Height

73 feet

Length

1250 feet

Inversions

2

Duration

1:30

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Canobie Corkscrew was a steel roller coaster located at Canobie Lake Park in Salem, New Hampshire, USA. It opened at its current location in 1987.

History

The roller coaster first opened in 1975 as Chicago Loop with the indoor shopping center and amusement park Old Chicago in Illinois.^[1] The coaster operated for five years until 1980. The coaster then moved to Alabama State Fairgrounds in Alabama from 1982 to 1986.

For the 1987 season, the coaster was relocated to Canobie Lake Park in New Hampshire.

For over two decades, Canobie Corkscrew was the only ride in the park to invert riders until Untamed, a Gerstlauer Euro-Fighter, opened in 2011.

In 2012, Canobie Corkscrew underwent a repainting in which the track was painted sky blue and the supports painted silver. The red trains were painted blue.

In 2021, Canobie Lake Park announced that the closure of Canobie Corkscrew would be permanent.^[2] The replacement is not yet known. The track and supports from the corkscrew section were donated to the National Roller Coaster Museum.^[3]

Design

Elements
Chain lift hill Double corkscrew

Riders made a right out of the station and began ascending the 73 foot chain lift hill. A banked turn lead to the right, and then a single drop, followed by a 180 degree banked turn, which lead into the double corkscrew element and then a turn back into the station.