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发帖数: 9860 | 1 SEATTLE — A longtime project that has been millions of dollars in the
making will bring a giant Ferris wheel to Seattle’s waterfront in time for
the summer crowds.
On Tuesday, another phase is under way as crews pour about 550 tons of
concrete, basically covering Pier 57, which will serve as the base of the
Ferris wheel.
Crews will pipe the concrete down to the end of the pier because the trucks
are too heavy for the pier.
Dozens of pilings under the pier have been hollowed out and filled with
cement.
Crews hope to erect the Ferris wheel, which will be 175 feet in diameter and
200 feet high, by this time next month.
Project foreman Simon Johnston is excited about the end result.
“It’s going to be amazing to watch. It’s going to be a really unique
experience to watch. It’s going to come up like a spider, eight legs
coming up the main sprocket with 42 gondolas. It’s going to be interesting
and really nice,” said Johnston.
The gondolas, which hold six people, will be heated and air conditioned, and
part of the ride will spin over Elliott Bay.
The man behind the dream, Hal Griffith, said with the viaduct coming down, a
tunnel coming in and all the construction that comes along with the
projects, he thought something needed to be done to keep people coming to
the waterfront.
“We were real concerned that if we didn’t have something strong enough to
bring people down here that all the businesses on the waterfront would
suffer and may even go out of business, so this project is not only ours,
but it’s for the community,” said Griffith.
Griffith said he has wanted to build the wheel for 30 years, but city
approval and permitting never worked out, until he and his sons thought of
building it on Pier 57, which Griffith owns.
"We are adding to the skyline and that'll make Seattle greater than it is
now," said Griffith.
Griffith said the Ferris wheel will arrive soon in parts from around the
world, and crews will begin erecting it in the first week of May.
The plan is to have it up and running, at about $12 a ride, by the Fourth of
July.
The ride will run year-round.
The wheel weighs 280,330 pounds when empty and about 334,900 pounds with
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发帖数: 9860 | 2 记得在加州住的时候，去海边玩的时候就坐过Santa Monica’s Ferris Wheel，之前看
过一部港产片《十万顿情缘》也是去哪里取景，看完这部连续剧后就去了加州，从电影已感到好浪漫的事情，现场坐上那摩天轮感觉真是好浪漫啊～
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcWXBxn8wQk&feature=relmfu | k*******z
发帖数: 2368 | 3 都系陈奕迅嘅错。
其实，咁鬼高，吓到鼻哥隆都无肉啦，仲边有心情浪漫？ | r*******u
发帖数: 8732 | 4 hehe, 你有畏高，我都有小小嘅。
其實係比機會男仔保護女仔或者e家調番轉。
應該驚30 分鐘瓜。
【在 k*******z 的大作中提到】
: 都系陈奕迅嘅错。
: 其实，咁鬼高，吓到鼻哥隆都无肉啦，仲边有心情浪漫？
| a*****n
发帖数: 14370 | 5 女人的浪漫,你麻甩佬又点会明？
【在 k*******z 的大作中提到】
: 都系陈奕迅嘅错。
: 其实，咁鬼高，吓到鼻哥隆都无肉啦，仲边有心情浪漫？
| k*******z
发帖数: 2368 | 6 丁哥，我哋心照啦。当年你带女友去太阳岛乐园，系未都系用呢招？
【在 a*****n 的大作中提到】
: 女人的浪漫,你麻甩佬又点会明？
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