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The
original sign for the haunted house and runaway mine
train.
New
for 92
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This
image shows the land to be used for the haunted house.
A huge amount of earth was removed to level the area.
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In
the distance the monorail rides past the area to be used
for the haunted house. The ground has been leveled and
tamped down.
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The
footings for the main frame.
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Footings
for the haunted house. The JCB is situated in what will
be the drawing room of the haunted house.
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Footings
for the facade of the haunted house.
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Footings
for the facade of the haunted house.
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Footings
for the facade of the haunted house.
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Footings
for the the haunted house.
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Large
cranes are used to lift the large steel frames
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This
picture shows the side of the haunted house. The steel
framework is slowly being put into place.
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Internal
view looking towards the shop area.
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The
final parts of the large steel supports being winced into
place.
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The
steel work is completed.
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The
steel work is completed.
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The
ramp down to the Something Sinister shop.
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Steel
supports are used to reinforce the concrete floor. This
area is the maintenance bay.
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This
picture shows the supports for the front apex of the main
entrance.
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This
picture shows the footings for the drawing room looking
towards the dolls house from the ride station.
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This
picture shows the footings for the drawing room. If you
look closely you can see the footings mark out the base
for the large windows, which segregate the original disabled
access from the main drawing room. The well created is
to enable the tilted floor to be added.
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This
boxing is put in place ready for the concrete floor. It
will make a space ready for the turntable in the poltergeist
room.
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This
is the well built to house the Trommel tunnel.
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More
concrete reinforcement.
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The
footings being laid for the tower.
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The
steel structure used to support the facade of the haunted
house.
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Looking
through the doorway into the drawing room and ride station.
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The
building of the gate post to the left of the house. Note
the large steel gate post inserted within the brick pillar...
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The
tower under construction.
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Side
view looking towards Gloomy Wood from the rear of the
ride.
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This
image shows the front construction with the shuttering
in place for the staircase. Notice the girders in place
for the main house construction and the warehouse building
housing the ride behind.
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The
timber work begins on the facade of the haunted house
building.
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The
fire escape tunnel within the ride.
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The
construction of the ride station begins.
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Side
view of house under construction looking from the service
road that runs alongside.
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Wicked
Things food building under construction, one of the last
structures to be built.
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Something
Sinister shop under construction.The front of this building
no longer looks like this.
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Something
Sinister shop under construction.The front of this building
no longer looks like this.
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The
tower part built with the wooden 'A' frames in place to
take the roof structure.
The shuttering has now been removed from the staircase.
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A
rear photograph of the haunted house. This shows the scale
of this ride. All cleverly hidden behind the small facade.
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A
shot taken from inside the grave yard. No planting or
graves in place yet.
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The
vehicle access gates, these now lead to Haunted Hollows.
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The
main entrance to Gloomy Wood via Katanga Canyon
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The
exterior nearing completion.
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Exterior
near completion.
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The
tomb is put in place.
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The
Haunted House Alton Towers gravestone .
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Wicked
Things food area, originally this was intended to be a
arcade area.
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Finishing
touches to the fencing around the tomb.
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Finishing
touches to the fencing around the tomb.
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The
house is complete with balustrades. You can see the warehouse
building to the side as the trees have not yet had chance
to grow.
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The
complete facade of the magnificent Haunted House.
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The
joiner creating the drawing room paneling.
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The
fireplace without its fire. Note the model of the drawing
room on the mantelpiece.
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John
Wardley pays a visit to see how the work is coming along.
The dolls house is now in place.
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The
ghostly chair in the workshop, awaiting its transportation
to the haunted house.
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The
ghostly chair
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Then
original hand in the bell jar. This would be redesigned
before opening day.
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The
poltergeist room with access hatch to the maintenance
bay open.
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The
poltergeist room
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The
poltergeist room
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The
Grandhall
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The
Grandhall
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The
Grandhall
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Nick
Owens using a piece of wood to mark out the places for
the Flambauxs.
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The
dungeon walls leading to Trommel
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Nick
Owens using a piece of wood to mark out the places for
the Flambauxs.
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Nick
Owens using a piece of wood to mark out the places for
the Flambauxs.
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'Abandon
Hope All Ye Who Enter Here.' the sign before the Trommel
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Trommels
Tunnel prior to paint work and disco ball eyes.
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Nick
Owens using a piece of wood to mark out the places for
the Flambauxs
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Nick
Owens using a piece of wood to mark out the places for
the Flambauxs
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The
giants fingers await painting.
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The
giants head awaiting its finishing touches.
Glass
panels were added to the arched windows.
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This
large bracket was designed to hold up the giant spider
effect. This mechanism would allow the spider to drop
down as the car travels below it. However this mechanism
was replaced before opening as it didn't pass the final
safety inspection.
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The
Giant Spider inside the haunted house.
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The
ghost corridor, the bust from the ride station are seen
in this photo, no one is sure if the busts were meant
to be situated here but by opening day they had been moved
and were in the ride station; where they remain to this
day.
Also
notice the skull lights on the floor behind the large
elaborate wooden frames were replaced before opening day
and metal ones were used.
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The
large terrifying ghost from the ghost corridor. This would
swoop down over you from behind and disappear around a
corner. Three of these ghost were created.
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The
cloisters, home of the monk. Notice that the fragile track
is covered over to prevent damage to the complicated structure.
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The
hearse under construction.
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Final
adjustments are made to the hearse in preparation for
painting.
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The
Lunatic.
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Ghoulish
garden.
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Death
awaiting painting.
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The
moving wall and falling gazebo.
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The
pillar demon.
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The
falling tree which would crash down when the lightening
struck.
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The
infamous swamp monster. This effect was very short lived
as it would often fail to rise.
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Tigger
was designed to spring up from the darkness, however he
was too heavy and his mechanism would jam.
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The
two gargoyles, only the far one would house the monster.
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The
ride exit under construction.
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The
way out, this balustrade would end up with glass panels
fitted.
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Looking
down towards the exit to the shop.
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The
maintenance bay.
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