(Photos: enorth.com.cn)
The Tianjin Eye, a
gigantic ferris wheel constructed on Yongle Bridge over the Haihe
River, will have its body completed on Tuesday morning, later
allowing visitors a spectacular view of more than 120 meters above
the ground.
Workers were still busy
jointing and fixing the last sections of the rotary table on
Monday. After the successful completion of the body, they will
start to test the ferris wheel's loading ability by using sandbags,
followed by the installation of capsules and the electronic
drive.
The 110 meter diameter
ferris wheel will lift people 120 meters up into the air, as high
as one 35-storey building, and promise a grand view of around 40
square kilometers over the surrounding city.
It is reported to be the
only ferris wheel in the world that's erected above a
bridge.
There will be 48
capsules on the ferris wheel, each of them carrying up to 8 people
at a time. It will take half an hour for this slow-rotating
observation wheel to complete a full circle.
(CRI December 18,
2007)
