The London Eye (the giant Ferris wheel found in many London panoramas) is on the River Thames and meant to deliver great views – not a thrilling ride. It circles around slowly, offering an ...

When the London Eye lost its position as the world’s tallest Ferris wheel in 2006, it did so to the 525ft (160m) Star of Nanchang in the Chinese city of the same name – and fell to third when ...

“Too fragile,” he said. Ferris was hardly the first to imagine such a wheel. In fact, a carpenter named William Somers was building 50-foot wooden wheels at Asbury Park, Atlantic City and ...

architect Julia Barfield is still giddy that the London Eye ferris wheel has become a symbol of the city. The London Eye on the southbank of the Thames opposite to Embankment tube station in ...

When the London Eye broke the 400-foot threshold ... including portable models, are still called "Ferris wheels." The following are the 14 biggest Ferris wheels in the world now operating.