Editor’s note: The
following is the eighth in a yearlong monthly series on the world’s mega-sized
Ferris wheels.
Chicago’s new
(debuted 2016) Navy Pier’s Centennial Ferris wheel is about 200-feet tall, a
midget in today’s mega Ferris Wheel era when you figure the London Eye reports
in at 450-feet tall.
Windy
City officials believed the Navy Pier Wheel is a perfect fit for the Lake
Michigan tourist venue, which drew almost nine million visitors last year.
The
Ferris wheel's been part of Chicago’s downtown skyline since the original wheel
debuted at the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition. That first wheel was built by George
Washington Gale Ferris Jr.
At
196 feet tall, the new Navy Pier wheel is 48 feet taller than the structure it
replaced. The old wheel was moved to its
new home Branson, Missouri.
Other Ferris Wheel
postings on Pillartopost.org
July,
20, 2016—Staten Island, New York
August
17, 2016—Las Vegas
September
21, 2016—Japan
October
19, 2016—Nanchang, China
November
9, 2016—Dubai
December
14, 2016—Melbourne
January
11, 2017—London Eye
February
7, 2017--Chicago
Upcoming:
March--Singapore
Flyer
April—Suzhou,
Jiangsu, China
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