The Millennium Wheel, London Eye

H. K. D. H. Bhadeshia

The Millennium Wheel (also known as the London Eye) is 135 m in height, taller than the Statue of Liberty. It is made using about 1700 tonnes of lovely steel. Visitors are able to enter a capsule on the rotating wheel, which eventually gives a panoramic view of London from a height of about 415 m. Each rotation takes about 30 minutes. The foundations for the Wheel are in 2000 tonnes of concrete involving 40 piles, each reaching a depth of 30 m.

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Jubilee Bridge	Yang, on the Jubilee Bridge with the London Eye in the background.
Steel support structure of the London Eye.	Steel support structure of the London Eye.	Steel support structure of the London Eye.
Steel support structure of the London Eye.	London Eye	London Eye
London Eye, Embarkation	In the pod
The Jubilee Bridges		London Eye
Jubilee Bridge, photographed from the London Eye		View from the Eye. Notice the blue trees.
Jubilee Bridges on either side of a rail bridge
		Jubilee Bridges
London Eye	Support structure for the London Eye	Support structure for the London Eye
	Yang, on the Jubilee Bridge with the London Eye in the background.

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