Ferris Wheel - Major Designers, Manufacturers, & Operators

Major Designers, Manufacturers, & Operators

Allan Herschell Company (merged with Chance Rides in 1970)

• Seattle Wheel (debuted 1962): 16 cars, 2 passengers per car
• Sky Wheel (debuted 1939; also manufactured by Chance Rides): a double wheel, with the wheels rotating about opposite ends of a pair of parallel beams, and the beams rotating about their centres; 8 cars per wheel, 2 passengers per car

Chance Morgan / Chance Rides

• Astro Wheel (debuted 1967): 16 cars (8 facing one way, 8 the other), 2 passengers per car
• Century Wheel: 20 m (66 ft) tall, 15 cars, 4-6 passengers per car
• Giant Wheel: 27 m (89 ft) tall, 20 cars, 6-8 passengers per car
• Niagara SkyWheel (2006): 53.3 m (175 ft) tall, 42 air-conditioned cars, 8 passengers per car
• Myrtle Beach SkyWheel (2011): 57 m (187 ft) tall, 42 air-conditioned cars, 6 passengers per car

Eli Bridge Company

Contemporary models include:

• Signature Series: 16 cars, 3 passengers per car; transportable
• Eagle Series: 16 cars, 3 passengers per car; transportable
• HY-5 Series: 12 cars, 3 passengers per car; transportable
• Aristocrat Series: 16 cars, fixed site
• Standard Series: 12 cars, fixed site
• Lil' Wheel: 6 cars, 3 passengers per car; transportable and fixed site models

Great Wheel Corporation (merged with World Tourist Attractions in 2009 to form Great City Attractions)

• Singapore Flyer: 165 m (541 ft) tall, completed 2008; currently world's tallest Ferris wheel
• Beijing Great Wheel: 208 m (682 ft) tall, under construction since 2007, now in receivership
• Great Dubai Wheel: 185 m (607 ft) tall, planning permission granted in 2006, was supposed to open in 2009
• Great Berlin Wheel: 175 m (574 ft) tall, was supposed to open in 2008
• Great Orlando Wheel: 122 m (400 ft) tall, project halted in 2009

Intamin/Waagner-Biro (Rides brokered by Intamin — manufactured by Waagner-Biro)

• Mickey's Fun Wheel: an eccentric (sliding) wheel
• Giant Wheel: a double wheel
• Sky Whirl: a triple wheel

Mir/Pax

• Moscow-850, a 73-metre (240 ft) tall wheel in Russia; Europe's tallest extant wheel when completed in 1997, until 1999
• Eurowheel, a 90-metre (300 ft) tall wheel in Italy; Europe's tallest extant wheel when completed in 1999, until the end of that year

Ronald Bussink (formerly Nauta Bussink; then Ronald Bussink Professional Rides; then Bussink Landmarks since 2008)

Wheels of Excellence range (sold to Vekoma in 2008) has included:

• R40: 40-metre (131 ft) tall fixed or transportable wheel, 15 or 30 cars, 8 passengers per car
• R50: 50-metre (164 ft) tall fixed or transportable wheel, 18 or 36 cars, 8 passengers per car
• R60: 60-metre (197 ft) tall transportable wheel, 21 or 42 cars, 8 passengers per car
• R80: 80-metre (262 ft) tall fixed wheel, 56 cars, 8 passengers per car

Senyo Kogyo Co, Ltd.

• Cosmo Clock 21: 107.5 m (353 ft) tall, completed 1989; world's tallest wheel 1989 to 1997; 112.5 m (369 ft) tall when re-erected in 1999
• Diamond and Flower Ferris Wheel: 117 m (384 ft) tall, world's second tallest wheel when completed in 2001
• Tempozan Ferris Wheel: 112.5 m (369 ft) tall, completed 1997; world's tallest wheel 1997 to 1999