London Eye
January 8, 2009
On the south bank of the Thames near Westminster Bridge, the London Eye Ferris wheel. The plant, with a height of 135.36 meters until early 2006, the highest Ferris wheel in the world was supposed to be for the turn of the year 2000. Because of lack of security is the construction but only a few weeks later put into operation.
The London Eye has 32 almost entirely from glass shaped capsules, in which up to 25 people. The wheel spins at a speed of 0.26 m / s and takes a turn for 30 minutes. If the optimal viewing conditions, you can Ferris wheel, of up to 40 kilometers wide, inter alia, to situated just outside Windsor Castle. Axis and supports the Riesenrads were from the Czech engineering company Skoda.
