Where is the biggest Ferris wheel in the world?

1. Ferris wheel The first Ferris wheel was unveiled at 1893 World Columbia Expo in Chicago. It was built to compete with 1889 Paris landmark Eiffel Tower. The scientific name of the Ferris wheel comes from its builder, American bridge architect George Washington Ferris. George conceived this big wheel by observing the structure of the merry-go-round. In order to compete with the Eiffel Tower, George knew that his invention had to be huge. He came to the conclusion that a vertical wheel can rotate like a horizontal wheel, so he decided to make a giant wheel that people had never seen before. The final Ferris wheel is 264 feet high and costs $380,000. However, after the completion, it earned twice the cost with the bus fare and became the most profitable project of the Expo. The diameter of the runner is 250 feet, and its axle is 45 feet long, which is unheard of. The Ferris wheel is driven by a 2000-horsepower engine, and 36 wooden cases are hoisted with iron tongs. It can accommodate 2 160 passengers and pause every second, which is convenient for passengers to change at any time. 2. London Eye London Eye is the most attractive tourist attraction in London. The London Eye, the world's largest ferris wheel on the Thames in London, will become a permanent landmark in London. The 65,438+0.35-meter-high London Eye was built to celebrate 2000. It was initially allowed to operate for five years, but the owner of the London Eye wants to continue to operate. British Airways, which owns part of the London Eye, said local authorities in London approved it as a permanent landmark. Since its opening in March 2000, more than 8.5 million people have taken the "London Eye" to have a bird's eye view of London. "The London Eye is also the most popular paid tourist attraction in Britain. It is considered as a mathematical miracle; Engineers revealed that the computer computing power needed to build this Ferris wheel exceeded the largest and most complex building in the world. Third, the dream of the sky in Fukuoka Fukuoka is a super-large Ferris wheel located in the western suburbs of Fukuoka City, Kyushu, Japan, ranking first in Asia and second in the world. It is a comprehensive entertainment facility integrating hotels, playgrounds, shops and restaurants, close to Marinoa Fukuoka, the largest shopping center in Kyushu. "Dream of the Sky" has a diameter of 1 12m and a total height of 120m above the ground, ranking second in the world in terms of the size and total height of the ferris wheel, second only to the British Airways London Eye, a sightseeing ferris wheel located in London, England. However, because the London Eye adopts a mechanical rotating structure and the passenger compartment is outside the wheel, it is different from the common gravity ferris wheel with the passenger compartment inside the wheel. The dream of the sky rotates once every 20 minutes. All cabins are closed and equipped with air conditioning system, and each cabin can take up to 8 passengers. When the weather is clear, you can not only see the modern urban landscape including Fukuoka Tower, but also see the outlying islands in neighboring areas such as Nenggu Island and Shiga Island across Hakata Bay. The admission ticket for Sky Dream is 800 yen, and students and children have different discounts. In addition, it is worth mentioning that beside the dream of the sky, Marinoane in Fukuoka also has a relatively small Ferris wheel "the wheel of the sky", thus forming a rare scene of large and small wheels. 4. Russian Sparrow Mountain Ferris Wheel The height of Russian Sparrow Mountain Ferris Wheel in Moscow is 170 meters. The Ferris wheel will be built on the sparrow hill in the city center, with an investment of 20 million US dollars, overlooking the whole city, and its luxury is greatly inferior to other Ferris wheels. In the planning, each box is equipped with a mini-bar and toilet, and food and drinks are provided. Visitors can also enjoy a light meal or snack within one and a half hours of rotation. The restaurant was completed and opened in 2004. V. Singapore Skyscraper Sightseeing Wheel The height of Singapore Skyscraper Sightseeing Wheel is170m. On June 27th, 2003, Singapore announced that it would build the world's largest Ferris wheel in the Binhai Center of the new business district. It is estimated to cost S $200 million, designed by Japan and built by a German engineering company. Visitors can see parts of Malaysia and Indonesia on the Ferris wheel. This project is also the largest foreign direct investment project in Singapore's history. June 2005 +065438+ 10. Singapore Skyscraper Sightseeing Wheel will be open for 16 hours every day after it is put into use, with an annual passenger capacity of 8 million passengers. 6. Diamonds and Flowers in Japan "Diamonds and Flowers" is known as the tallest Ferris wheel in Japan, which was born in March 20001year in Kasai, near the coast of Tokyo Bay, with a total passenger capacity of 408. It takes 17 minutes for this air trip to go around once, and the peak at 1 17 meters is equivalent to 33 stories high. If you have a bird's eye view from here, you can have a panoramic view of the heart of Tokyo, the shogunate or the Fangzong Peninsula, and you can also see Mount Fuji when the weather is good! Japan is obviously by far the most enthusiastic country to build ferris wheel. According to experts, there are more than 20 ferris wheels in Japan, all between 100 meters and 120 meters. Seven, Tianjin Cihai Bridge Ferris wheel Cihai Bridge is known as the "Eye of Tianjin". It is one of the first new bridges comprehensively developed by Haihe River and the most technically difficult bridge across the river. According to the preliminary plan, the construction of Cihai Bridge will be officially unveiled this year, and a giant Ferris wheel standing in the center of the bridge will also meet the public. This ferris wheel will not only become the only ferris wheel built on a bridge in the world, but also become one of the landmark landscapes in Tianjin. It is understood that the diameter of the Ferris wheel of Cihai Bridge is 1 10 meter, and 48 transparent cabins will be installed outside the wheel. Each cabin can take 8 people and can accommodate 384 people for sightseeing at the same time. Ferris wheel will be driven by electricity. After opening, it will rotate at a constant speed, and it takes about 30 minutes to make a turn. When it reaches the highest point, the surrounding scenery will be unobstructed, and you can see the scenery within 40 kilometers of Fiona Fang, which is a veritable "Tianjin Eye". Eight, Taipei's beautiful Bai Hua Paradise, the most distinctive of which should be the 100-meter Ferris wheel pioneered by Taiwan Province, made by Japanese Quanyang Company, supported by six rock pillars with a depth of 40 meters (4 meters of which are connected with the building body), with a height of 100 meters (about 40 stories high), weighing 600 metric tons, and 48 cars (including 2 barrier-free special cars, each car can take 6. Up to 288 people when fully loaded), it takes about 17 minutes to walk around. It is equipped with 624 groups of neon tubes, and is equipped with three kinds of neon tube performances of "music in the sky, color on the ground and dance in the wind", which adds a lot of visual enjoyment. It can be said that it is a combination of entertainment, technology and art, which can rival Japan's. " Nine, Shanghai Grand Turntable China Shanghai Grand Turntable is located in Jinjiang Paradise, with an investment of about 24 million RMB. It is the first Ferris wheel in China, with a height of 108m, ranking among the three largest ferris wheels in the world and the first in Asia. This makes China the third country after Britain and Japan to own a Ferris wheel with a height of 100 meters. It was officially put into operation on May 1 2002. The diameter of the disc is 98 meters, the total weight is 580 tons, and the wind resistance is 12. Equipped with 63 carriages, the maximum passenger capacity is 1260 people/hour, and it runs for about 25 minutes every week. The CD is also equipped with high-power colorful lanterns programmed by computer, which looks like a colorful bright moon hanging in the sky at night. The total height of the Ferris wheel is 160m, and the diameter of the turntable is 153m, which is higher than the "London Eye" Ferris wheel on the Thames in England 135m. It is the highest Ferris wheel in the world at present. It has 60 capsules, each of which can accommodate 6-8 tourists. Equipped with LCD TV and air conditioning, it can accommodate nearly a thousand people to watch Nanchang in the air every hour. The world's largest clock will also be installed on the Nanchang Ferris wheel, and 60 space capsules will represent a 60-minute time scale. Ferris wheel will adopt dual power supply and dual power supply system to ensure the safety of tourists. The wheel surface lantern of Nanchang Star Ferris wheel consists of six or seven thousand LED semiconductor lighting devices, which can display a giant color clock with a diameter of 153 meters, and can also set different patterns according to needs. At present, the lantern system, in addition, citizens can send short messages to the control system, and the lantern of the Ferris wheel can display the content of short messages, as long as the number of words is within 12.