The Great Berlin Wheel was a giant Ferris wheel to be built near the Berlin Zoological Garden (Zoologischer Garten Berlin) in Berlin, Germany, by the Great Wheel Corporation.
It was originally planned to be tall, with 36 passenger capsules,Bau-Projekt: Grünes Licht für Riesenrad am Zoo - Nachrichten Regionales - Berlin - WELT ONLINE but this was subsequently revised to tall, with 28 passenger capsules, each able to accommodate 40 persons.
The groundbreaking ceremony was on 3 December 2007Der Tagesspiegel newspaper report and completion was originally planned for 2008, but the project stalled after encountering financial obstacles.Planned Great Wheel for I-Drive area of Orlando on hold
If it had been built, it would have become the world's tallest Ferris wheel, superseding the Singapore Flyer (world's tallest 2008–2014).
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