Avalanche (Blackpool Pleasure Beach) be seen on the bins in the ride station, and on several maintenance signs in the ride train storage room, which the rollercoaster passes through. In 1997 the train jumped on the brakes, causing it to crash into itself. One boy was taken to hospital with bruised ribs. This particular incident was shown on the TV show about Blackpool Pleasure Beach from the same year. Avalanche appears in the video game "RollerCoaster Tycoon Deluxe" in the Blackpool Pleasure Beach scenario. Avalanche (Blackpool Pleasure Beach) Avalanche is the first steel bobsled roller coaster constructed in the United Kingdom. It was built
Pleasure Beach Bridge timbers creaking and shifting under the weight of passing cars. Prior to the bridge's construction, Pleasure Island was accessible only by ferry. In 1907, the Pleasure Beach Ferry Company was given the rights to build a movable toll bridge. A series of trestles were built across the tidal flats with a swing span across the dredged channel. The swing span was constructed in 1927, but in the Great Depression the Beach Ferry Company transferred control of the bridge to the city of Bridgeport. The tolls were removed and the bridge continued to be used after Pleasure Beach's closing in 1968,