All About Archie

• Born: Spring 2008 in Nurenburg, Germany, at the Ritz Atro Works


• Weight: 10 tonnes


• Length: 9m


• Diameter: 2600mm


• Core of steel: Most definitely (1220mm thick)


• Biggest challenge: Descending 80 feet from the Union Road Bridge into the Torrs Gorge (The Big Lift) during construction


• Favourite colour: Green


• Life expectancy: At least 30 years


• Favourite songs:
  • Rain (The Cult)
  • You Spin Me Around (Dead or Alive)
  • (I’ve got) The power (Snap!)
  • And of course: Archie Spins Again by Blues Party and Archie by Write Van Men, especially the version recorded by the children from the New Mills primary schools!”
  
  
• Least Favourite Song: No Rain (Blind Melon)