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The Star of Nanchang opened for business in May 2006, having cost 57 million yuan (roughly $7.3 million) to build. [1] Formerly the world's tallest Ferris wheel , it was succeeded by the 165-meter (541 ft)-tall Singapore Flyer which officially opened to the public on March 1, 2008.
Star of Nanchang: 160 (525) 2006 ... Hong Kong Observation Wheel: 60 (197) 2014 ... Kyrlay Amusement Park Ferris wheel [37] 55 (180) 2004
Ferris wheels have been popular since George Washington Gale Ferris Jr., a 33-year-old engineer, designed one for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. More than a century later, we ...
Ain Dubai, the world's largest Ferris wheel since 2021 in Dubai.. A Ferris wheel (also called a big wheel, giant wheel or an observation wheel) is an amusement ride consisting of a rotating upright wheel with multiple passenger-carrying components (commonly referred to as passenger cars, cabins, tubs, gondolas, capsules, or pods) attached to the rim in such a way that as the wheel turns, they ...
Check out the view from the new 150-foot-tall observation wheel situated near downtown Kansas City.
Tianjin Eye, the official name The Tientsin Eye, is a 120-meter (394 ft)-tall giant ferris wheel built above the Yongle Bridge (formerly Chihai Bridge), over the Hai River in Tianjin, China. Construction started in 2007, with completion of the main body on 18 December 2007, and the wheel opened to the public on 7 April 2008.
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Suzhou Ferris Wheel was completed in 2009. It is one of four 120 m Ferris wheels in China, the other three being Changsha Ferris Wheel (completed 2004), Tianjin Eye (completed 2008), and Zhengzhou Ferris Wheel (completed 2003). The only Chinese Ferris wheel with a greater height is the 160-metre (525 ft) Star of Nanchang, which opened in 2006. [3]