Wiener Riesenrad - Height

Height

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At that time of its construction in 1897, both the original 80.4-metre (264 ft) Ferris Wheel in the US (constructed 1893, demolished 1906) and the 94-metre (308 ft) Great Wheel in England (constructed 1895, demolished 1907) were taller. The 100-metre (328 ft) Grande Roue de Paris, constructed in 1900, was even taller still. However, upon the demolition of the Grande Roue de Paris in 1920, the Riesenrad became the world's tallest extant Ferris wheel, and remained so for the next 65 years, until the construction of the 85-metre (279 ft) Technostar in Japan in 1985.

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