Secretly Incredibly Fascinating - BONUS SHOW 136: "The London Eye, And The Modern Global Race To Build Luxury Observation Wheels"

Update: 2023-03-13

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This is the bonus show for Episode 136! (The Ferris Wheel)

Alex Schmidt and Katie Goldin explore the obviously incredibly fascinating topic of London's giant observation wheel, opened on New Year's Eve 1999, and how it sparked our century of competitive global city wheels. Also, James Bond stuff.

RESEARCH SOURCES:

How Ferris Wheels Escaped the Fair And Became High-End Urban Attractions (Atlas Obscura)

The age of the wheel (The Guardian)

current ticketing page for The London Eye

8 Amazing Ferris Wheels from Around the World (Mental Floss)

YouTube upload of the Wiener Riesenrad in The Living Daylights

100 Years Ago: Clason Point Freak Ferris Wheel Accident Kills Eight, Injures 27 (Untapped New York)

World’s first figure-8 ferris wheel opens in Macau (CNN)

Batumi Tower Ferris Wheel (Atlas Obscura)

10 Amazing things that happened on Navy Pier (PBS WTTW Chicago)

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Secretly Incredibly Fascinating - BONUS SHOW 136: "The London Eye, And The Modern Global Race To Build Luxury Observation Wheels"

Katie Goldin, Alex Schmidt

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Secretly Incredibly Fascinating - BONUS SHOW 136: "The London Eye, And The Modern Global Race To Build Luxury Observation Wheels"

Katie Goldin, Alex Schmidt

Secretly Incredibly Fascinating - BONUS SHOW 136: "The London Eye, And The Modern Global Race To Build Luxury Observation Wheels"