The Roue de Paris � 2013 MMacKinnon |
The Roue de Paris is a 60-metre (200 ft) tall transportable Ferris wheel originally installed on the Place de la Concorde in Paris, for the 2000 millennium celebrations. Due to its transportable design, it can be erected in 72 hours and dismantled in 60 hours by a specialist team. Transport requires seven 20-foot (6.1 m) container lorries, ten open trailer lorries, and one closed trailer lorry. It weighs 365 tonnes.
The Big Wheel has not been without controversy. It was meant to stand for only a year; but that became two years. A judge ordered the wheel dismantled and the owner Marcel Campion refused. Finally, it was taken down and it went gallivanting around the world, Birmingham and Manchester England, Amsterdam, even Bangkok!
Now, it is back in Paris.
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