It is a
Ronald Bussink series R60 wheel and needs no permanent foundations, instead 40,000 litres (8,800 imp gal; 11,000 US gal) (40 tonnes) of water ballast provide a stable base.[2] It weighs 365 tonnes.[1]
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.
The forty-two gondolas can be loaded either three or six at a time, and each can accommodate eight passengers.[1]
2005: first the wheel went to the Netherlands, making a short visit to the World Town Fair in
Geleen, followed by ten days at the
Museumplein (Museum Square) in
Amsterdam. It then went to
Gateshead, England for the
Tall Ships Race and stayed there until the end of September.[9]
2006–07: the wheel was installed at the
Suan Lum Night Bazaar in
Bangkok, Thailand, and operated there until it was dismantled and removed in 2007.[9]
^Hôtel de Ville (23 November 1999).
"La grande roue de Paris". labs.paris.fr (in French). Archived from
the original on 2016-06-07. Retrieved 14 February 2021.