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10 unboring ferris wheels
For some reason cities around the world are scrambling to build massive Ferris Wheels in the name of modernity. Which is odd because this is old fashioned technology and not much improved. The biggest wheel in the world is less than twice the size of the very first one in Chicago. Ultimately however, what is disappointing about the biggest Ferris wheels in the world, from Beijing to Berlin is that they are boring. Here are our favorite less ordinary Ferris Wheels.
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Claiming to be the first Ferris Wheel to be built on a bridge. The Tianjin Eye in Tianjin, China was completed in 2007 and is 400 ft high.
Weighing 12-tons and 80-foot-tall. This ferris wheel was at the 1964-65 New York World's Fair. The tire was moved to Allen Park in 1966





