October 28, 2006: Unique "Ferris bridge", the Tianjin Eye

Undertoad · 10-28-2006, 11:44 AM

Spluch coughs up the details on this artist's conception of a project to be completed next year in Tianjin, China.

It'll be 110 metres high, holding 48 sealed air-conditioned capsules, which in turn hold as many as 8 passengers. It'll take a half-hour to completely spin, so this truly is an observation platform and not a ride.

The river it's crossing is the Haihe. I'll bet it's part of the program to build things for when they host the Olympics.

Some details come from this Chinese page.

gaidin · 10-28-2006, 11:52 AM

thats just askin for disaster

wolf · 10-28-2006, 12:07 PM

One distracted driver on a cell phone gawking at the wheel and those flimsy baskets are just GONE.

glatt · 10-28-2006, 12:38 PM

When I saw the title for this thread, I thought it was this picture (random livejournal image I stumbled across) except with some information to go along with it.

sproglet · 10-28-2006, 02:54 PM

London did a similar thing with the London Eye for the Millenium.

Never been on it, partly because it's in London and also because it's £15 a pop.

milkfish · 10-28-2006, 05:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Undertoad

It'll take a half-hour to completely spin, so this truly is an observation platform and not a ride.

I hope they remember to include a chamber pot in each one.

TorasMommy · 10-28-2006, 06:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gaidin

thats just askin for disaster

or maybe a base jumper....

xoxoxoBruce · 10-28-2006, 06:53 PM

Looks like the bridge is part of the structure and it loads at a pedestrian bridge on the lower level. When the novelty wears off they can make it a restaurant.

Wecome to the Cellar, Mommy.

CaliforniaMama · 10-29-2006, 10:32 AM

Hi

Would people seriously stay on somehthing like this for 1/2 hour?? I get bored on normal ferris wheels . . .

Scriveyn · 10-29-2006, 10:46 AM

Hmmm, drive-in pods perhaps? - Been on the London Eye, it was definitely less than £15, more like £6-£8.

Edit: Ooops, only saw glatt's pic after posting - is that a new parking scheme?

chrisinhouston · 10-29-2006, 12:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sproglet

London did a similar thing with the London Eye for the Millenium.

And they also built a pedestrian bridge near by across the Thames but it had some pretty big engineering problems that kept it closed for a good while after the initial opening.

xoxoxoBruce · 10-29-2006, 01:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CaliforniaMama

Hi

Would people seriously stay on somehthing like this for 1/2 hour?? I get bored on normal ferris wheels . . .

That's because you're a jaded American whose life is rush, rush, rush.
Air conditioning or seeing the sights from anything higher than the top of a bicycle is not a treat for you.

Welcome to the Cellar, Mama.

SydneyBoy · 10-29-2006, 04:25 PM

I'm sure I paid more for the London Eye when I was there. More like 26 quid or something. Maybe it was high season.

Massive bloody ferris wheel, I'm sure it had a great view. Pity I couldn't see a thing through the thick London fog...

xoxoxoBruce · 10-29-2006, 07:16 PM

Welcome to the Cellar, SydneyBoy.

I gotta ask....why did you pay to go on the Eye........in the fog?

Ibby · 10-29-2006, 07:23 PM

Y'know, CaliforniaMama may have a point, its not like there's a whole lot to see in Tianjin... just a bunch of gray buildings...

10-28-2006, 11:44 AM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	October 28, 2006: Unique "Ferris bridge", the Tianjin Eye Spluch coughs up the details on this artist's conception of a project to be completed next year in Tianjin, China. It'll be 110 metres high, holding 48 sealed air-conditioned capsules, which in turn hold as many as 8 passengers. It'll take a half-hour to completely spin, so this truly is an observation platform and not a ride. The river it's crossing is the Haihe. I'll bet it's part of the program to build things for when they host the Olympics. Some details come from this Chinese page.

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10-28-2006, 12:38 PM	#4
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xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Looks like the bridge is part of the structure and it loads at a pedestrian bridge on the lower level. When the novelty wears off they can make it a restaurant. Wecome to the Cellar, Mommy. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump. Last edited by xoxoxoBruce; 10-29-2006 at 02:30 AM.

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Scriveyn amnesic-confabulatory opsimath Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Between my ears Posts: 739	Hmmm, drive-in pods perhaps? - Been on the London Eye, it was definitely less than £15, more like £6-£8. Edit: Ooops, only saw glatt's pic after posting - is that a new parking scheme? Last edited by Scriveyn; 10-29-2006 at 10:52 AM.

10-28-2006, 11:52 AM	#2
gaidin Complex Simpleton Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 18	thats just askin for disaster

10-28-2006, 02:54 PM	#5
sproglet small in a big way. Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: The British Empire Posts: 94	London did a similar thing with the London Eye for the Millenium. Never been on it, partly because it's in London and also because it's £15 a pop.

10-29-2006, 10:32 AM	#9
CaliforniaMama I wonder . . . Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: The Left Coast, a pretty good place to be. Posts: 1,278	Hi Would people seriously stay on somehthing like this for 1/2 hour?? I get bored on normal ferris wheels . . .

10-29-2006, 04:25 PM	#13
SydneyBoy Pithy Euphemist Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19	I'm sure I paid more for the London Eye when I was there. More like 26 quid or something. Maybe it was high season. Massive bloody ferris wheel, I'm sure it had a great view. Pity I couldn't see a thing through the thick London fog...

10-29-2006, 07:16 PM	#14
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Welcome to the Cellar, SydneyBoy. I gotta ask....why did you pay to go on the Eye........in the fog? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

10-29-2006, 07:23 PM	#15
Ibby erika Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: "the high up north" Posts: 6,127	Y'know, CaliforniaMama may have a point, its not like there's a whole lot to see in Tianjin... just a bunch of gray buildings... __________________ not really back, you didn't see me, i was never here shhhhhh

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