The Roue de Paris is a 60 metres (196.9 ft) tall Ferris wheel

Ferris wheel

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, originally installed on the Place de la Concorde

Place de la Concorde

The Place de la Concorde in area, it is the largest square in the French capital. It is located in the city's eighth arrondissement, at the eastern end of the Champs-Élysées.- History :...

 in Paris, France, for the 2000 millennium

Millennium

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 celebrations. It left Paris in 2002 and has since then seen service at numerous other locations around the world.

It is a Ronald Bussink

Ronald Bussink

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 series R60 wheel and needs no permanent foundations, instead 40000 litres (84,535.1 US pt) of water ballast provide a stable base.

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 feet (6.1 m) container lorries, ten open trailer lorries, and one closed trailer lorry. It weighs 365 tonnes.

The forty-two gondolas can be loaded either three or six at a time, and each can accommodate eight passengers.

Installations

• 2000–02: Place de la Concorde
  Place de la Concorde
  The Place de la Concorde in area, it is the largest square in the French capital. It is located in the city's eighth arrondissement, at the eastern end of the Champs-Élysées.- History :...
  
  , Paris, France.
• 2003–04: following its initial installation in France, the Roue de Paris was moved to Birmingham
  Birmingham
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  , England, where it was known as the Wheel of Birmingham
  Wheel of Birmingham
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  . For Christmas 2004, it was moved to Exchange Square, Manchester
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  , where it was known as the Wheel of Manchester
  Wheel of Manchester
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  .
• 2005: first the wheel went to the Netherlands, making a short visit to the World Town Fair in Geleen
  Geleen
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  , followed by ten days at the Museumplein
  Museumplein
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   (Museum Square) in Amsterdam
  Amsterdam
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  . It then went to Gateshead
  Gateshead
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  , England for the Tall Ships Race and stayed there until the end of September.
• 2006–07: the wheel was installed at the Suan Lum Night Bazaar
  Suan Lum Night Bazaar
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   in Bangkok
  Bangkok
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  , Thailand, and operated there until it was dismantled and removed in 2007.
• 2008: Antwerp, Belgium.

External links

• http://www.rouedeparis.com

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