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« on: September 13, 2011, 05:55:04 AM »

It took seven years and the skills of hundreds of people from five countries to make the London Eye.


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« Reply #1 on: September 13, 2011, 05:55:23 AM »

Each rotation takes about 30 minutes, meaning a capsule travels at a stately 26cm per second,
or 0.9km (0.6 miles) per hour - twice as fast as a tortoise sprinting; allowing passengers to step on
and off without the wheel having to stop.


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« Reply #2 on: September 13, 2011, 05:55:31 AM »

You can see around 40KM (25 miles) from the top as far as Windsor Castle on a clear day.

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« Reply #3 on: September 13, 2011, 05:55:38 AM »

Each of the 32 capsules weighs 10 tonnes.
To put that figure into perspective, it's the same weight as 1,052,631 pound coins!


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« Reply #4 on: September 13, 2011, 05:55:46 AM »

The total weight of the wheel and capsules is 2,100 tonnes - or as much as 1,272 London black cabs!

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« Reply #5 on: September 13, 2011, 05:56:02 AM »

The London Eye can carry 800 passengers per revolution equivalent to 11 London red doubled-decker buses.



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