Vekoma

Vekoma Rides Manufacturing
Type	Private company
Founded	1926[source?]
Founder	Hendrik op het Veld
Headquarters	Vlodrop, Netherlands
Area served	Worldwide
Products	Amusement rides
Website	Official website

Vekoma Rides Manufacturing is a Netherlands-based manufacturer that builds amusement park rides.

History

Vekoma was started in 1926 by a blacksmith named Hendrik op het Veld.^[1] The name Velkoma is short for "Veld Koning Machinefabriek", or Veld Koning machine factory. At first they made machines for farming and mining. Later they started to build rides for theme parks.^[2] They built rides such as Ferris wheels, roller coasters, water rides, and family-friendly rides.

Roller coaster models

Boomerang
Family Custom Coaster
Flying Dutchman
Hammerhead Stall
Junior Coaster
Looping Coaster
Mine Train
Moterbike Coaster
Suspended Family Coaster
Suspended Looping Coaster
Swinging Turns
Tilt Coaster
Wooden Coaster

References

↑ Peter Scott, A History of the Wicksteed Park Railway: The Story of the Railway and Park created by Charles Wicksteed in Kettering, Northamptonshire (Reading: P. Scott, 2002), p. 69
↑ Todd H. Throgmorton, Roller Coasters: United States and Canada, Third Edition (Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, 2009), p. 292

Other websites

Official Website

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[1] Peter Scott, A History of the Wicksteed Park Railway: The Story of the Railway and Park created by Charles Wicksteed in Kettering, Northamptonshire (Reading: P. Scott, 2002), p. 69

[2] Todd H. Throgmorton, Roller Coasters: United States and Canada, Third Edition (Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, 2009), p. 292

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