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Deno's Wonder Wheel
Ferris Wheel at Deno's Wonder Wheel Amusement Park, Brooklyn, New York. Opened 1920.
- Height
- 150 ft
- Drop
- n/a
- Top speed
- n/a
- Length
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- Inversions
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- Ride time
- n/a
- Designer
- Charles Hermann
The Wonder Wheel is a 150-foot eccentric Ferris wheel at Deno's Wonder Wheel Amusement Park in Coney Island, Brooklyn, beside the Riegelmann Boardwalk. Of its 24 enclosed cars, 16 slide along curved tracks between the hub and the rim as the wheel turns, while eight are fixed to the rim like a traditional Ferris wheel. The park says the swinging cars are red and blue and the stationary cars white.
The wheel was designed by Charles Hermann and built from 1918 to 1920 by the Eccentric Ferris Wheel Company for Herman J. Garms Sr. It opened on Memorial Day, May 30, 1920. The Garms family ran it for six decades until Denos D. Vourderis bought it on June 7, 1983; his sons Dennis and Steve run it today.
The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission designated the Wonder Wheel a city landmark on May 23, 1989. The park says it has carried more than 40 million riders.
Sources
- denoswonderwheel.com/denos-wonder-wheel (Official page: 150 feet; built in 1920; red and blue cars swing, white cars stationary; more than 40 million riders; no height requirement.)
- denoswonderwheel.com/history (Invented by Charles Hermann, built by the Eccentric Ferris Wheel Company in 1920; Deno Vourderis bought it from Fred Garms on June 7, 1983; landmark designation 1989.)
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonder_Wheel (150 ft; 24 enclosed cars, 16 sliding on curved tracks and 8 fixed; designed by Charles Hermann, built 1918-1920 by the Eccentric Ferris Wheel Company for Herman J. Garms Sr.; opened May 30, 1920; Garms family for six decades; bought by Denos D. Vourderis June 7, 1983; operated by Dennis and Steve Vourderis; NYC landmark May 23, 1989.)
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