Editing Ferris wheel (section)

===Transportable wheels===
Transportable Ferris wheels are designed to be operated at multiple locations, as opposed to fixed wheels which are usually intended for permanent installation. Small transportable designs may be permanently mounted on [[Trailer (vehicle)|trailers]], and can be moved intact. Larger transportable wheels are designed to be repeatedly dismantled and rebuilt, some using water ballast instead of the permanent foundations of their fixed counterparts. Larger transportable wheels were designed with a self erecting mechanism in the absence of mobile cranes reaching high enough since 1958 in Europe. Spokes must be stiff being able to carry their own weight for assembling the wheel without auxiliary scaffolding.{{fact|date=April 2025}}


Fixed wheels are also sometimes dismantled and relocated. Larger examples include the original [[Ferris Wheel (1893)|Ferris Wheel]], which operated at two sites in [[Chicago, Illinois]], and a third in [[St. Louis, Missouri]]; [[Technocosmos]]/Technostar, which moved to [[Expoland]], [[Osaka]], after [[Expo '85]], [[Tsukuba, Ibaraki]], for which it was built, ended; and [[Cosmo Clock 21]], which added {{Convert|5|m|ft|0}} onto its original {{Convert|107.5|m|ft|0|adj=on}} height when erected for the second time at [[Minato Mirai 21]], [[Yokohama]], in 1999.

The world's tallest transportable wheel {{As of|2010|alt=today}} is the {{Convert|78|m|ft|0|adj=on}} [[Bussink Design]] [[R80XL]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://r80xl.com/|title=R80 XL World's Largest Transportable Giant Wheel - Welcome|website=r80xl.com|access-date=October 4, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.parkworld-online.com/news/fullstory.php/aid/2446/Bussink_launches_world_s_tallest_transportable_Ferris_Wheel_.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130630025834/http://www.parkworld-online.com/news/fullstory.php/aid/2446/Bussink_launches_world_s_tallest_transportable_Ferris_Wheel_.html|url-status=dead|title=Bussink launches world's tallest transportable Ferris Wheel|archive-date=June 30, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hitech.at/2013/01/17/riesenrad-r80xl/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150119120634/http://www.hitech.at/2013/01/17/riesenrad-r80xl/|url-status=dead|title=Ferris R80XL|archive-date=January 19, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sueddeutsche.de/muenchen/weltweit-groesstes-mobiles-riesenrad-muenchen-dreht-ein-grosses-ding-1.1568137|title=München dreht ein großes Ding|first=Christian|last=Mayer|date=October 4, 2018|access-date=October 4, 2018|work=[[Süddeutsche Zeitung]]}}</ref>

[[File:Roue De Paris (Geleen).jpg|thumb|upright|[[Roue de Paris]], a [[Ronald Bussink]] R60 transportable wheel, at [[Geleen]] in the Netherlands in 2005]]
One of the most famous transportable wheels is the {{Convert|60|m|ft|0|adj=on}} [[Roue de Paris]], originally installed on the [[Place de la Concorde]] in [[Paris]] for the 2000 [[millennium]] celebrations. Roue de Paris left [[France]] in 2002 and in 2003–04 operated in [[Wheel of Birmingham|Birmingham]] and [[Wheel of Manchester|Manchester]], [[England]]. In 2005 it visited first [[Geleen]] then [[Amsterdam]], [[Netherlands]], before returning to England to operate at [[Gateshead]]. In 2006 it was erected at the [[Suan Lum Night Bazaar]] in [[Bangkok]], [[Thailand]], and by 2008 had made its way to [[Antwerp]], [[Belgium]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://rouedeparis.com/Explore_RDP.htm |title=The History of 'La grande Roue de Paris' |access-date=May 30, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100129112443/http://www.rouedeparis.com/Explore_RDP.htm |archive-date=January 29, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Roue de Paris is a [[Ronald Bussink]] series R60 design using {{Convert|abbr=off|40000|l}} of water ballast to provide a stable base. The R60 weighs {{Convert|365|t|ST}}, and can be erected in 72 hours and dismantled in 60 hours by a specialist team. Transport requires seven 20-foot container lorries, ten open trailer lorries, and one closed trailer lorry. Its 42-passenger cars can be loaded either 3 or 6 at a time, and each car can carry 8 people.<ref name="RDPtechnical">{{cite web|url=http://rouedeparis.com/RDP_Technical.htm|title=Technical Information|access-date=October 4, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110317023105/http://rouedeparis.com/RDP_Technical.htm|archive-date=March 17, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> Bussink R60 wheels have operated in Australia ([[Wheel of Brisbane|Brisbane]]), Canada ([[Niagara SkyWheel|Niagara Falls]]), France ([[Roue de Paris|Paris]]), Malaysia ([[Eye on Malaysia|Kuala Lumpur & Malacca]]), México ([[Puebla]]), UK ([[Belfast Wheel|Belfast]], [[Wheel of Birmingham|Birmingham]], [[Wheel of Manchester|Manchester]], [[Wheel of Sheffield|Sheffield]]), US ([[SkyView Atlanta|Atlanta]], [[Myrtle Beach SkyWheel|Myrtle Beach]]), and elsewhere.

Other notable transportable wheels include the {{Convert|60|m|ft|0|adj=on}} [[Steiger Ferris Wheel]], which was the world's tallest transportable wheel when it began operating in 1980.<ref>{{cite news|first=Jens|last=Anker|newspaper=[[Die Welt|Welt]] Online|title=Schausteller verspricht Riesenrad am Container-Bahnhof|language=de|trans-title=Fairground showman promises Ferris wheel at the Goods Station|url=https://www.welt.de/print-welt/article350407/Schausteller_verspricht_Riesenrad_am_Container_Bahnhof.html|date=November 4, 2004}}</ref> It has 42 passenger cars,<ref name="techdata">{{cite web|url=http://www.riesenrad.de/page.php?rubrik=2&page=0&lang=en|title=Steiger Build-Up – Technical data|access-date=June 10, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071008211446/http://www.riesenrad.de/page.php?rubrik=2&page=0&lang=en|archive-date=October 8, 2007}}</ref> and weighs 450 tons.<ref name="city">{{cite news|url=http://www.hafencitynews.de/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1210&Itemid=57|title=Riesenrad in der Hafencity|trans-title=Ferris Wheel Harbour Town's City Centre|last=Klessmann|first=Michael|date=August 30, 2010|work=HafenCity News|language=de|access-date=March 3, 2011}}</ref> On October 11, 2010, it collapsed at the Kramermarkt in [[Oldenburg (city)|Oldenburg]], [[Germany]], during deconstruction.<ref>{{cite news|title=Riesenrad-Unfall: Freimarkt bekommt Europa-Rad als Ersatz|trans-title=Ferris wheel accident: Freimarkt gets Europe Wheel instead|language=de|newspaper=Kreiszeitung|date=October 12, 2010|url=http://www.kreiszeitung.de/freimarkt-bremen/2010/freimarkt-aktuell/unfall-steiger-riesenrad-abbau-oldenburg-957650.html}}</ref>

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|+ {{Anchor|Transportable Ferris wheel installations}} Notable transportable Ferris wheel installations
! style="color:white; font-weight:bold; background:steelblue;"|Name
! style="color:white; font-weight:bold; background:steelblue;"|Years
! style="color:white; font-weight:bold; background:steelblue;"|Country
! style="color:white; font-weight:bold; background:steelblue;"|Location
! style="color:white; font-weight:bold; background:steelblue;"|Coordinates
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| [[Belfast Wheel]] || 2007–2010 || {{Flag|UK}} || [[Belfast]] || <small>{{Coord|54|35|48.77|N|5|55|45.06|W|type:landmark|name=Belfast Wheel}}</small>
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| [[Brighton Wheel]] || 2011–2016 || {{Flag|UK}} || [[Brighton]] || <small>{{Coord|50.8191|N|0.1344|W|type:landmark|name=Brighton Wheel}}</small>
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| [[Delhi Eye]] || style="text-align:center;" | see article || {{Flag|India}} || [[Delhi]] || <small>{{Coord|28.5460153|N|77.3086802|E|type:landmark|name=Delhi Eye}}</small>
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| [[Eye on Malaysia]]  || 2007–2008<br />2008–2010 ||{{Nowrap|{{Flag|Malaysia}}}}<br />{{Flag|Malaysia}} || [[Kuala Lumpur]]<br />[[Malacca]] || <small>{{Coord|3|10|39.2|N|101|42|15.68|E|type:landmark|name=Eye on Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur installation)}}</small> <br /> <small>{{Nowrap|{{Coord|2|11|23.4312|N|102|14|29.00|E|type:landmark|name=Eye on Malaysia (Malacca installation)}}}}</small>
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| [[Estrella de Puebla]] || 2013–2020 || {{Flag|Mexico}} || [[Puebla]] ||
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|{{Nowrap|[[Royal Windsor Wheel]]}}|| style="text-align:center;" | various&nbsp; || {{Flag|UK}} || [[Windsor, Berkshire]] || <small>{{Coord|51.4845|-0.6119|type:landmark|name=Royal Windsor Wheel}}</small>
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| [[Wheel of Birmingham]] || style="text-align:center;" | various&nbsp; || {{Flag|UK}} || {{Nowrap|[[Centenary Square]], [[Birmingham]]}} || <small>{{Coord|52|28|44.04|N|1|54|32.49|W|type:landmark|name=Wheel of Birmingham}}</small>
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| [[Wheel of Brisbane]] || 2008– || {{Flag|Australia}} || {{Nowrap|[[South Bank Parklands]], [[Brisbane]]}} || <small>{{Coord|27.4751833|S|153.0209333|E|type:landmark|name=Wheel of Brisbane}}</small>
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| [[Wheel of Dublin]] || 2010–2011 || {{Flag|Ireland}} || [[North Wall, Dublin]] || <small>{{Coord|53.3472|N|6.2276|W|type:landmark|name=Wheel of Dublin}}</small>
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| [[Wheel of Liverpool]] || 2010– || {{Flag|UK}} || [[Liverpool]] || <small>{{Coord|53.39824|N|2.99083|W|type:landmark|name=Wheel of Liverpool}}</small>
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| [[Wheel of Manchester]] || style="text-align:center;" | various&nbsp; || {{Flag|UK}} ||[[Manchester]]|| style="text-align:center;" | <small>multiple locations – see article</small>
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| [[Wheel of Sheffield]] || 2009–2010 || {{Flag|UK}} || [[Fargate]], [[Sheffield]] || <small>{{Coord|53.3810|N|1.4699|W|type:landmark|name=Wheel of Sheffield}}</small>
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| [[Yorkshire Wheel]] || style="text-align:center;" | various&nbsp; || {{Flag|UK}} || [[York]] || style="text-align:center;" | <small>multiple locations – see article</small>
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