Grande Roue de Paris

For the wheel erected in 2000, see Roue de Paris.

Grande Roue de Paris was a 100 metre Ferris wheel built in 1900 for the Exposition Universelle world exhibition at Paris.

The passenger cars were so large that they were removed from the Wheel and used as homes for French families in the region devastated by the World War.[1]

Théodore Vienne, the industrialist and founder of the Paris–Roubaix cycle race was both the owner and director of the 'Grande Roue de Paris'

It was demolished in 1920[2], but almost 90 years passed between its construction and a taller wheel, Cosmo Clock 21, being built.

References

  1. ^ New York Times Picture Section 5, Sunday, April 3, 1921
  2. ^ Ferris wheels: an illustrated history - P.141

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Preceded by
Great Wheel		 World's all-time tallest Ferris wheel
1900-1989		 Succeeded by
Cosmo Clock 21
Preceded by
Great Wheel		 World's tallest extant Ferris wheel
1900-1920		 Succeeded by
Wiener Riesenrad