 The London Eye Ferris Wheel.  The glass capsule next to us at 450 feet!  The view! Big Ben and the House of Parliament with Westminster Abbey in the far background. Click on this picture for a GREAT enlargement!  Sally and I in front of the Eye. **Click any photograph to view a larger image** |
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Built by British Airways, the London Eye Ferris Wheel towers over London opposite Big Ben. This is the
world's highest observational wheel. Built like a giant bicycle wheel, it's a pan-European undertaking:
British steel and Dutch engineering, with Czech, German, French, and Italian mechanical parts. It's also
very "green," running extremely efficiently and virtually silently. Twenty-five people ride in each of its 32 air-conditioned capsules for the 30-minute rotation, going only once around. From the top of this 450-foot-high wheel (the highest public viewpoint in the city), Big Ben looks small! Check out their web site which includes a webcam: London Eye. TOP OF PAGE Copyright © 2002, Dawn M. Dalton. All rights reserved. |
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