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A Ferris wheel (also known as an observation wheel or big wheel) is a nonbuilding structure
Nonbuilding structure

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, consisting of an upright wheel with passenger gondolas attached to the rim.

The original Ferris wheel was designed by George Washington Gale Ferris, Jr.
George Washington Gale Ferris, Jr.

George Washington Gale Ferris, Jr. invented the Ferris wheel, for the 1893 Chicago World's Columbian Exposition in an attempt to create something as impressive as the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France....
, as a landmark for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition
World's Columbian Exposition

The World's Columbian Exposition , a World's Fair, was held in Chicago in 1893, to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World....
 in Chicago
Chicago

Chicago is the largest city in the U.S. state of Illinois and the Midwestern United States, as well as the List of United States cities by population city in the United States with more than 2.8 million residents....
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A Ferris wheel (also known as an observation wheel or big wheel) is a nonbuilding structure
Nonbuilding structure

File:GoldenGateBridge-001.jpgFile:Img0289SCE 500kV lines close.JPGFile:Hungerford Bridge viewfromLondonEye.jpgNonbuilding structures, also referred to simply as structures, are those not designed for continuous human occupancy....
, consisting of an upright wheel with passenger gondolas attached to the rim.

The original Ferris wheel was designed by George Washington Gale Ferris, Jr.
George Washington Gale Ferris, Jr.

George Washington Gale Ferris, Jr. invented the Ferris wheel, for the 1893 Chicago World's Columbian Exposition in an attempt to create something as impressive as the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France....
, as a landmark for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition
World's Columbian Exposition

The World's Columbian Exposition , a World's Fair, was held in Chicago in 1893, to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World....
 in Chicago
Chicago

Chicago is the largest city in the U.S. state of Illinois and the Midwestern United States, as well as the List of United States cities by population city in the United States with more than 2.8 million residents....
. The name later came to be used generically for all such rides.

History

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The Ferris wheel is named after George Washington Gale Ferris, Jr.
George Washington Gale Ferris, Jr.

George Washington Gale Ferris, Jr. invented the Ferris wheel, for the 1893 Chicago World's Columbian Exposition in an attempt to create something as impressive as the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France....
. He graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, or RPI, is a Private university research university located in Troy, New York, New York, United States. RPI was founded in 1824 by Stephen Van Rensselaer III for the "application of science to the common purposes of life", and is the oldest technological university in the English-speaking world....
 and he was a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania bridge-builder. He began his career in the railroad industry and then pursued an interest in bridge building. Ferris understood the growing need for structural steel and founded G.W.G. Ferris & Co. in Pittsburgh, a firm that tested and inspected metals for railroads and bridge builders.

Ferris designed and built the first 264 foot (80 m) wheel for the World's Columbian Exposition
World's Columbian Exposition

The World's Columbian Exposition , a World's Fair, was held in Chicago in 1893, to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World....
 in Chicago, Illinois
Chicago

Chicago is the largest city in the U.S. state of Illinois and the Midwestern United States, as well as the List of United States cities by population city in the United States with more than 2.8 million residents....
 in 1893. The wheel was intended as a rival to the Eiffel Tower
Eiffel Tower

The Eiffel Tower is an Puddle iron tower built on the Champ de Mars beside the Seine River in Paris. The tower has become a global Cultural icon of France and is one of the most recognizable structures in the world....
, the centerpiece of the 1889 Paris Exposition
Exposition Universelle (1889)

The Exposition Universelle of 1889 was a World's Fair held in Paris, France from May 6, to October 31, 1889.It was held during the year of the 100th anniversary of the storming of the Bastille, an event traditionally considered as the symbol for the beginning of the French Revolution....
. This first wheel could carry 2,160 persons. The Ferris wheel was the largest attraction at the Columbian Exposition, standing over 250' tall and powered by two steam engines. There were 36 cars, accommodating 60 people each (40 seated, 20 standing). It took 20 minutes for the wheel to make two revolutions—the first to make six stops to allow passengers to exit and enter; the 2nd, a single non-stop revolution—and for that, the ticket holder paid 50 cents. When the Exposition ended, the wheel was moved to north side, next to an exclusive neighborhood. William D. Boyce
William D. Boyce

William Dickson "W. D." Boyce , was an American newspaper man, entrepreneur, magazine publisher, and explorer. He was the founder of the Boy Scouts of America and the short-lived Lone Scouts of America ....
 filed an unsuccessful Circuit Court action against the owners of the wheel, to have it moved. It was then used at the St. Louis
St. Louis, Missouri

St. Louis is an independent city in the U.S. state of Missouri, located near the confluence of the Mississippi River and the Missouri River. St....
 1904 World's Fair
Louisiana Purchase Exposition

The Louisiana Purchase Exposition, informally known as the Saint Louis World's Fair, was an Expo held in St. Louis, Missouri in 1904....
 and eventually destroyed by controlled demolition in 1906. At 70 tons, its axle was the largest steel forging of the time. It was 26 stories tall, only a quarter of the Eiffel Tower's height.

Sections of this Ferris wheel were used to construct a bridge across the Kankakee River, about south of Chicago, just north of Tefft, Indiana.

The Travels of Peter Mundy, 1608–1667, describes and illustrates "Several sorts of Swinginge used in their Publique rejoyceings att their feast of Biram" in the Ottoman Balkans. Among means "lesse dangerous and troublesome" only for children was a Ferris wheel "like a Craine wheele att Customhowse Key", where the passengers swing on short swings, sometimes sitting, sometimes hanging trapeze fashion. The illustration here is of a different Turkish design, apparently for adults.

Ferris
Another Ferris wheel, with a height of 65 meters (213 ft), dating back to 1897, is the Riesenrad in Vienna
Vienna

Vienna is the Capital of Republic of Austria and also one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.7 million...
's Prater
Prater

The Wiener Prater is a large public park in Vienna's 2nd district Leopoldstadt. The name Prater derives ultimately from the Latin word pratum meaning meadow, possibly via Spanish language prado....
, in the second district of Leopoldstadt
Leopoldstadt

Leopoldstadt is Vienna's second district. There are 90,914 inhabitants over 19.27 km?. It is situated in the heart of the city and, together with Brigittenau , forms a large island surrounded by the Danube Canal and, to the north, the Danube....
. It was designed by Hubert Cecil Booth
Hubert Cecil Booth

Hubert Cecil Booth was a Great Britain engineer who invented the first powered vacuum cleaner, designed Ferris wheels in Blackpool, Paris, and Vienna and who designed suspension bridges....
.

London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
, UK
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 had its very own 'Gigantic Wheel' built at Earls Court
Earls Court

Earls Court is a district in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in London, England. It is an inner-city district centered on Earl's Court Road and surrounding streets, located 3.1 miles west south-west of Charing Cross....
 in 1895, which was modelled on the original one in Chicago. This wheel stayed in service until 1906, by which time it had carried over 2.5 million passengers. It was built by two young Australian engineers, named Adam Gaddelin and Gareth Watson and was the first of over 200 Ferris wheels that they built.

For the 1900 Paris Exposition
Exposition Universelle (1900)

The Exposition Universelle of 1900 was a world's fair held in Paris, France, to celebrate the achievements of the past century and to accelerate development into the next....
, a 'Grande Roue', of similar size and design to Ferris', was constructed. It was demolished in 1937. The wheel had 40 cars (as opposed to Chicago's 36), and is clearly visible in .

Double and triple wheels


Ferris
In the mid to late 1970s, coaster company Intamin AG
Intamin AG

Intamin AG is a designing and manufacturing company in Wollerau, Switzerland. It is best known for creating thrill rides and roller coasters worldwide....
 invented a twist on the Ferris wheel. Using long arms to hold the wheels, they created a way to load and unload Ferris wheels more quickly. In 1976, two Sky Whirl
Sky Whirl

Sky Whirl was an Intamin Triple Giant Ferris wheel that operated at both Marriott's Great America Parks. It was basically 3 arms with 2 wheels always spinning while one was on the ground loading....
s opened, one at each of two Marriott's Great America theme parks (Illinois and California), and were the first triple wheels. Triple wheels contained three separate "wheels," each attached to one of three long boom arms which radiated from a spinning point on top of a central tower. When loading/unloading passengers, the 3 arms would rotate until one arm was above the loading area (while the other two wheels were still spinning in the air) and hydraulics would bring that arm/wheel to the ground.

A two-arm version, titled "Zodiac," was also installed at Kings Island in Ohio, as well as at Hersheypark
Hersheypark

Hersheypark is an amusement park located in Hershey, Pennsylvania, close to the Hershey Chocolate Factory.Hersheypark was opened in 1907 as a leisure park for the employees of The Hershey Company, an United States confectionery company....
 in Pennsylvania, titled "Giant Wheel." The double wheels were attached to a long, straight arm. The arm was mounted in the center, on a central tower. When the hydraulics lowered one side, the other raised. The Kings Island Zodiac was relocated to Australia's Wonderland, but it closed there in 2004.

All models featured cages, holding eight to ten passengers. The cages were attached to the wheels by chains. When the wheel was in the loading position, it was horizontal and all cages could be loaded at once. As the arm raised or rotated, the wheel moved to a vertical position and provided a typical Ferris-wheel ride, only much higher from the ground.

Another version of this ride existed at Magic Mountain in California titled "Galaxy." This ride was similar to the Zodiac, except the arms did not raise as far off the ground. The arms on this ride were shaped more in a "V" than a straight line, and the central tower was shorter. On each wheel were four smaller wheels that also rotated, providing a double vertical rotating movement.

A fourth version of the ride was installed and removed at Astroworld in Texas, titled "Astrowheel." It was also similar to the Zodiac model, but had the shorter tower/"V" arm configuration of the Galaxy.

Observation wheels

London Eye Twilight April 2006
Some operators prefer the term observation wheel to Ferris wheel and large Ferris wheels are sometimes marketed as observation wheels, to differentiate them from smaller Ferris wheels; however, the two are actually the same and any distinction between the two names is at the discretion of the wheel operator. Ironically, many of the wheels whose owners reject the term Ferris wheel, actually have more in common with the original Chicago
Chicago

Chicago is the largest city in the U.S. state of Illinois and the Midwestern United States, as well as the List of United States cities by population city in the United States with more than 2.8 million residents....
 Ferris wheel of 1893, particularly in terms of being an iconic landmark for a city or event.

The world's tallest wheel, the Singapore Flyer
Singapore Flyer

The Singapore Flyer is a giant Ferris wheel in Singapore, sometimes known as "The Flyer". The final capsule was installed on 2 October 2007, the wheel started rotating on February 11 2008 and it officially opened to the public on March 1 2008....
, is described as an observation wheel by its operators.

The London Eye
London Eye

The London Eye at a height of , is the biggest Ferris wheel in Europe, and has become the most popular paid tourist attraction in the United Kingdom, visited by over 3 million people a year....
, (world's tallest, 1999-2006), is also described as an observation wheel by its operators.

The Star of Nanchang
Star of Nanchang

The Star of Nanchang, formerly the world's tallest operating Ferris wheel, stands at 160 meters high and is located in the eastern Chinese city of Nanchang, the provincial capital of Jiangxi....
, (world's tallest, 2006-2008), is usually referred to as a Ferris wheel and less commonly, as an observation wheel.

The Southern Star is described by its operators as "the only observation wheel in the southern hemisphere" but also as a Ferris wheel by the media.

World's tallest Ferris wheel installations

The world's tallest Ferris wheel is the Singapore Flyer
Singapore Flyer

The Singapore Flyer is a giant Ferris wheel in Singapore, sometimes known as "The Flyer". The final capsule was installed on 2 October 2007, the wheel started rotating on February 11 2008 and it officially opened to the public on March 1 2008....
, in Singapore
Singapore

Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country microstate located at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula. It lies 137 kilometres north of the equator, south of the Malaysian state of Johor and north of Indonesia's Riau Islands....
. It is high. It started rotating on February 11, 2008 and officially opened to the public on March 1, 2008.

The Star of Nanchang, in Nanchang
Nanchang

Nanchang is the capital of Jiangxi Province in southeastern China. Nanchang is famous for its scenic lakes, mountains, rich history and cultural sites.In June 2006, Nanchang is appraised as World Top Ten Dynamic Cities by US News Weekly....
, Jiangxi Province
Jiangxi

is a southern province of China of the People's Republic of China, spanning from the banks of the Yangtze River in the north into hillier areas in the south....
, China
China

China is a Culture of China, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
, previously held the record. It is high and opened for business in May 2006.

The preceding record holder was the London Eye
London Eye

The London Eye at a height of , is the biggest Ferris wheel in Europe, and has become the most popular paid tourist attraction in the United Kingdom, visited by over 3 million people a year....
, in London, UK
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
. It is high and is still the largest in the Western Hemisphere
Western Hemisphere

The Western Hemisphere, also Western hemisphere or western hemisphere, is a geography term for the half of the Earth that lies west of the Prime Meridian , the other half being the Eastern Hemisphere....
. It was officially opened (by Tony Blair
Tony Blair

Anthony Charles Lynton "Tony" Blair is a British politician, who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2 May 1997 to 27 June 2007....
) on December 31, 1999, but did not open to the public until March 2000, because of technical problems.

The Shanghai Star, initially planned as a tall wheel to be built by 2005, was revised to , with a completion date set in 2007, but then cancelled in 2006 due to "political incorrectness".

A wheel, the Baghdad Eye
Baghdad Eye

The Baghdad Eye is a proposed Ferris wheel that will be placed in Baghdad, Iraq. When completed, it will be over tall, and carry 30 passengers in each of its air conditioned compartments....
, has been proposed for a, as yet undetermined, site in Baghdad, Iraq
Baghdad

Baghdad is the Capital of Iraq and of Baghdad Governorate, with which it is also coterminous. With a municipal population estimated at 6.5 million, it is the largest city in Iraq, and the second largest city in the Arab World....
.

A wheel, the Great Dubai Wheel
Great Dubai Wheel

The Great Dubai Wheel is a proposed Ferris wheel to be built in Dubailand in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. At , it is expected to be larger than the current largest Ferris wheel, the Singapore Flyer, but smaller than the Beijing Great Wheel which is scheduled for completion in late 2009.....
, has been proposed for Dubailand, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Dubai

Dubai is one of the seven Emirates of the United Arab Emirates and the most populous city of the United Arab Emirates . It is located along the southern coast of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula....
.

A wheel, the Great Orlando Wheel
Great Orlando Wheel

The Great Orlando Wheel or Orlando Great Wheel is a proposed 400-foot Ferris wheel in Orange County, Florida, Florida, United States, near Orlando, Florida....
, has been proposed for Orlando, Florida
Orlando, Florida

Orlando is a major city in Central Florida, United States and is the county seat of Orange County, Florida, Florida. It is also the principal city of Orlando-Kissimmee, Florida, Metropolitan Statistical Area....
.

Name Height (m) Year of completion Country Location Remarks
Beijing Great Wheel
Beijing Great Wheel

The Beijing Great Wheel is a Ferris wheel currently undergoing construction in Beijing, People's Republic of China. On completion in late 2009, it will be the highest and largest Ferris wheel in the world....
208 2009 China Beijing Under construction
Great Berlin Wheel
Great Berlin Wheel

The Great Berlin Wheel is a Ferris wheel currently being planned near the Berlin Zoological Garden in Berlin, Germany. If it is completed before the Beijing Great Wheel in Beijing, People's Republic of China , it will take the title of world's tallest Ferris wheel from the current record holder, the Singapore Flyer in Singapore....
185 2009 Germany Berlin Under construction
Singapore Flyer
Singapore Flyer

The Singapore Flyer is a giant Ferris wheel in Singapore, sometimes known as "The Flyer". The final capsule was installed on 2 October 2007, the wheel started rotating on February 11 2008 and it officially opened to the public on March 1 2008....
165 2008 Singapore Singapore Currently the world's largest wheel
Star of Nanchang
Star of Nanchang

The Star of Nanchang, formerly the world's tallest operating Ferris wheel, stands at 160 meters high and is located in the eastern Chinese city of Nanchang, the provincial capital of Jiangxi....
160 2006 China Nanchang  
London Eye
London Eye

The London Eye at a height of , is the biggest Ferris wheel in Europe, and has become the most popular paid tourist attraction in the United Kingdom, visited by over 3 million people a year....
 
135 1999 UK London  
The Southern Star 120 2008 Australia Melbourne  
120 2004 China Changsha 
120 2003 China Zhengzhou  
Sky Dream Fukuoka
Sky Dream Fukuoka

The is a Ferris wheel at Evergreen Marinoa in the city of Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan. It has a diameter of 112 meters, and stands 120 meters high. One revolution takes approximately 20 minutes, and it is possible for couples to reserve a gondola for two entire revolutions....
 
120 2002 Japan Fukuoka  
117 2001 Japan Kasai Rinkai Park
Kasai Rinkai Park

Kasai Rinkai Park is a park in Edogawa, Tokyo, Japan, which officially opened on June 1, 1989. The park includes an aquarium and a bird sanctuary, and was built on reclaimed land which includes two manmade islands, a viewing tower and a hotel....
, Edogawa, Tokyo
 
115 1999 Japan Palette Town, Odaiba
Odaiba

is a large artificial island in Tokyo Bay, Japan, across the Rainbow Bridge from central Tokyo. It was initially built for defensive purposes in the 1800s, dramatically expanded during the late 20th century as a seaport district, and has developed since the 1990s as a major commercial, residential and leisure area....
, Tokyo
 
115 2008 China Wuxi, Jiangsu 
Cosmo Clock 21 112.5 1999 Japan Cosmoworld, Yokohama  
Tempozan Harbor Village Ferris wheel
Tempozan Harbor Village Ferris wheel

With the height of 112.5 meters and diameter of 100 meters, Tempozan Harbor Village Ferris wheel is located in Osaka, Japan in the Tempozan Harbor Village area, next to Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan, one of the largest aquariums in the world....
 
112.5 1997 Japan Osaka  
110 2003 China Harbin  
108 2002 China Shanghai  
HEP Five
HEP Five

HEP Five is a major shopping mall and entertainment center in the Umeda commercial district of Kita-ku, Osaka. It is easily located as it has a large Ferris wheel with a diameter of 106 metres protruding from its roof, which is accessible for a fee....
 
106 1998 Japan Osaka  
Ferris Wheel of Paris
Ferris Wheel of Paris

Grande Roue de Paris was a 100 metre Ferris wheel built in 1900 for the world exhibition at Paris.Until the mid-eighties, it was the largest Ferris wheel ever built....
 
100 1900 France Paris Built in 1900 for world exhibition; demolished in 1937
100 ? Japan Kita-Kyushu  
The Great Wheel 94 1895 UK Earls Court, London Demolished 1907
Aurora 90 ? Japan Nagashima Spa Land
Nagashima Spa Land

Nagashima Spa Land is a major amusement park in Mie Prefecture, Japan. Nagashima Spa Land is best known for its roller coaster Steel Dragon 2000, which is the longest roller coaster in the world, as well as the 5th tallest....
, Mie
 
90 1999 Italy Mirabilandia
Mirabilandia

Mirabilandia is an Italian amusement park, located at Savio in Emilia-Romagna, near Ravenna. The park has 30 hectars and a waterworld with 10 hectars....
 amusement park, Savio
Europe's second tallest Ferris wheel
88 ? Taiwan Yunlin  
80 2001? Iran Mashhad Biggest wheel in Iran
80 1893 USA Chicago First-ever Ferris wheel; built for World's Columbian Exposition
World's Columbian Exposition

The World's Columbian Exposition , a World's Fair, was held in Chicago in 1893, to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World....
 (World's Fair); demolished
75 1995 Russia Moscow Built for 850 jubilee of Moscow foundation celebrated in 1997
72 1993 South Korea Daejon
Miramar Entertainment Park
Miramar Entertainment Park

The Miramar Entertainment Park is a shopping mall in the Dazhi area in Zhongshan District, Taipei of Taipei, Taiwan. The department store is notable for its 70 m tall Ferris wheel on its rooftop, which is the second largest Ferris wheel in diameter in Taiwan, after the one in Janfusan World, which is 88 m in diameter....
 
70 2002 Taiwan Taipei Including the building it stands on it is 100 m tall
Texas Star
Texas Star

The Texas Star is the largest Ferris wheel in North America. It is located at Fair Park in Dallas, Texas. It is operated during the annual State Fair of Texas....
 
65 1985 USA Dallas/Fair Park
Fair Park

Dallas Fair Park is a recreational and educational complex located in Dallas, Texas, Texas . The complex is registered as a National Historic Landmark and is home to nine museums, six performance facilities, a lagoon, and the largest Ferris wheel in North America....
 
Largest Ferris wheel in North America
Riesenrad Vienna 64.8 1897 Austria Vienna  
Shining Flower 61.4 ? Japan Yomiuriland, Inagi  


More Ferris wheels and manufacturers

  • The Great Wheel Corporation
    Great Wheel Corporation

    Great Wheel Corporation is a company engaged in the development, building, financing and operation of Ferris wheel. The company built the largest wheel in the world, the Singapore Flyer, and is currently building two larger wheels, the Beijing Great Wheel and the Great Berlin Wheel....
  • Allan Herschell Company
    • Seattle Wheel — has 15 cars with up to two people per car.
  • Eli Bridge
    • Eagle Wheel - 16 cars with up to three people per car.
    • Hy #5 Big Eli Wheel — some are cable driven, others are rim driven. Has 12 cars with up to three people per car.
    • Little Wheel — much smaller in dimensions, but it still has 12 cars with up to two people per car.
  • Ronald Bussink Professional Rides (formerly Nauta Bussink)
    • R60 - 60 meter wheel with 42 enclosed capsules with air conditioning. The largest transportable Ferris wheel in the world. Seen in Germany
      Germany

      Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
       (Dresden
      Dresden

      Dresden is the capital city of the Germany Federal Free state of Saxony. It is situated in a valley on the River Elbe. The Dresden conurbation is part of the Saxon triangle metropolitan area....
      ), Malaysia
      Malaysia

      Malaysia is a federation that consists of States of Malaysia in Southeast Asia with a total landmass of . The capital city is Kuala Lumpur, while Putrajaya is the seat of the federal government....
       (Kuala Lumpur), Spain
      Spain

      Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
       (Seville
      Seville

      ||-||}Seville is the artistic, cultural, and financial capital of southern Spain. It is the capital of Andalusia and of the province of Seville ....
      ), UK (Belfast, Birmingham, London, Manchester, York) and elsewhere. It requires at least twenty containers to transport it and is ballasted with water.
  • Chance Morgan
    • Astro Wheel - 16 cars (8 facing one way, 8 facing the other way) with up to two people per car.
    • Century Wheel - 15 cars with up to four people per car.
    • Giant Wheel - 20 cars with up to six people per car. This is one of the biggest production Ferris wheels, and requires at least two 18-wheelers to transport it.
    • Sky Wheel — a double wheel. There is a wheel on top, and bottom of the ride. There are eight cars per each wheel with up to two people for each car.
  • Intamin AG
    Intamin AG

    Intamin AG is a designing and manufacturing company in Wollerau, Switzerland. It is best known for creating thrill rides and roller coasters worldwide....
    • Mickey's Fun Wheel
      Mickey's Fun Wheel

      Mickey's Fun Wheel is the official name of the 48.8-meter-wide Ferris wheel at Disney's California Adventure, at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California....
       - this type of Ferris wheel is a little different. Some of the 16 cars move on a track in the middle of the wheel. There are also 8 cars on the outside of the ride, that do not move much and do not have a track. One of these is located at Disney's California Adventure and another is located at Coney Island. Each car can hold up to six people.
  • Roger Wadkins (formerly Bob Childress — Expo Wheels LLC)
    • Expo Wheel - 16 cars with up to two people per car. The seating on this wheel is much like the Eli Bridge Hy #5, or Chance's Astro Wheel.


Ferris wheels in popular culture

  • The Ferris wheel Riesenrad (in Vienna
    Vienna

    Vienna is the Capital of Republic of Austria and also one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.7 million...
    , Austria
    Austria

    Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It borders both Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west....
    ) is the stage for a key scene in the 1949 film noir
    Film noir

    Film noir is a film term used primarily to describe stylish cinema of the United States Crime film, particularly those that emphasize moral ambiguity and sexual motivation....
     The Third Man
    The Third Man

    The Third Man is a Cinema of the United Kingdom film noir directed by Carol Reed and starring Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Trevor Howard and Orson Welles....
    . It is also featured in the 1987 James Bond
    James Bond

    James Bond 007 is a fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short story collections....
     film, The Living Daylights
    The Living Daylights

    The Living Daylights is the fifteenth spy film in the James Bond James Bond , and the first to star Timothy Dalton as the fictional character Secret Intelligence Service agent James Bond ....
    , and appears in the 1995 Richard Linklater
    Richard Linklater

    Richard Stuart Linklater is an Academy Award-nominated United States film director and screenwriter....
     film Before Sunrise
    Before Sunrise

    Before Sunrise is a 1995 drama film directed by Richard Linklater and written by Linklater and Kim Krizan. The film follows Jesse , a young American, and C?line , a young French woman, who meet on a train and disembark in Vienna, where they spend the night walking around the city and getting to know one another....
    .
  • The hero of Robert Lawson
    Robert Lawson (author)

    Robert Lawson was an United States artist and children's book author.He did some illustrations for The Century Magazine in 1919, and in 1922 he produced illustrations for his first book, Little Prince Too Fat....
    's children's book The Great Wheel
    The Great Wheel

    The Great Wheel is Robert Lawson final children's book, published in 1957, the year of his death. It was posthumously named as a Newbery Honor book in 1958....
     is part of the construction crew for the original Ferris wheel.
  • The TV show Carnivŕle
    Carnivŕle

    Carniv?le is an American television series set in the United States during the Great Depression. In tracing the lives of two disparate groups of people, its overarching story depicts the battle between good and evil and the struggle between free will and destiny; the storyline mixes Christianity theology with gnosticism and Freemasonry l...
     deals with a circus in 1930's, which has its Ferris wheel as an important symbol. This plays an important role in the series finale.


See also

  • List of amusement parks
    List of amusement parks

    This page contains a list of amusement parks by* #List of amusement parks by region, and* links to amusement parks listed alphabetically, beginning with the name of the park....


External links