Roue de Paris
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The Roue de Paris was a giant 60 meter (197 feet) high Ferris wheel installation in Paris, France, erected for the 2000 millennium celebrations.
The wheel was of a transportable design, requiring no permanent foundations and instead using 40,000 liters (10,567 gallons) of water ballast to provide a stable base.
In 2003 the same wheel was re-erected in Birmingham, where it was officially known as The Wheel of Birmingham, although the individual cars still bore the name Roue de Paris. Furthermore, there was virtually global press interest in the fact that a recorded commentary identifying the sites of Paris was still being played to Birmingham passengers, although this was soon turned off.
The wheel remained in service in Birmingham until the end of February 2004. For Christmas 2004, the wheel was re-erected in Manchester. The owners, World Tourist Attractions Ltd, put up a new and improved wheel on the Birmingham site.
In the summer of 2005 the wheel was re-erected in Amsterdam on the museumplein (museums square). It was then moved to the Suan Lum Night Bazaar in Bangkok, Thailand in 2006, and operated there until it was dismantled and removed in 2007.
