About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 31. Chapters: London Eye, Ferris wheel, List of Ferris wheels, Singapore Flyer, George Washington Gale Ferris, Jr., The Southern Star, Yorkshire Wheel, Mickey's Fun Wheel, Colossus, Sky Whirl, Belfast Wheel, Tianjin Eye, Texas Star, Moscow-850, Suzhou Ferris Wheel, Steiger Ferris Wheel, Wiener Riesenrad, Zhengzhou Ferris Wheel, Wheel of Birmingham, Wheel of Sheffield, Diamond and Flower Ferris Wheel, Daikanransha, Cosmo Clock 21, Eurowheel, Technocosmos, Sky Dream Fukuoka, Star of Nanchang, Roue de Paris, List of Ferris wheels in Moscow, Grande Roue de Paris, Giant Wheel, Wheel of Brisbane, Great Wheel, Eye on Malaysia, Tempozan Ferris Wheel, Wheel of Dublin, Niagara SkyWheel, Wheel of Manchester, Royal Windsor Wheel, Wonder Wheel, Baghdad Eye, Amuran, Changsha Ferris Wheel, Big O. Excerpt: Lists of both fixed and transportable Ferris wheels, including examples that no longer exist. Fixed Ferris wheels are usually intended for permanent installation, as opposed to transportable wheels which are designed to be operated at multiple locations. Occasionally however, fixed wheels are also sometimes dismantled and relocated. Larger examples include the original Ferris Wheel, which operated at two sites in Chicago, Illinois, and a third in St. Louis, Missouri; Technocosmos/Technostar, which moved to Expoland, Osaka, after Expo '85, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, for which it was built, ended; and Cosmo Clock 21, which added 5 metres (16 ft) onto its original 107.5-metre (353 ft) height when erected for the second time at Minato Mirai 21, Yokohama, in 1999. Transportable Ferris wheels are designed to be operated at multiple locations, as opposed to fixed wheels which are usually intended for permanent installation. Small transportable designs may be permanently mounted on trailers, and can be moved intact. Larger transportable wheels are designed to ...
