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General Information

Name in local language: 天空之夢摩天輪 (Tiānkōng Zhīmèng Mótiān Lún)
Completion: 13 May 2017
Status: in use

Project Type

Function / usage: Ferris wheel

Location

Location: ,
See also: Sky Dream Fukuoka (2001)
Coordinates: 24° 19' 30.99" N    120° 42' 2.48" E
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Technical Information

Dimensions

diameter 120 m
height 126 m

Excerpt from Wikipedia

The Sky Dream (traditional Chinese: 天空之夢摩天輪; simplified Chinese: 天空之梦摩天轮; pinyin: Tiānkōng Zhīmèng Mótiān Lún) is a 126-metre-tall giant Ferris wheel in LIHPAO Discovery Land, Houli District, Taichung, Taiwan. It is the largest Ferris wheel in Taiwan being 126 meters (413 feet) tall.

History

The Ferris wheel was originally built as Sky Dream Fukuoka in Fukuoka, Japan. It opened in 2001 and closed on 26 September 2009. It was sold and dismantled in 2010 and shipped to Taiwan. Reconstruction at Lihpao Land started in 2014. It started its operation on May 13, 2017.

Design

The Ferris wheel has a diameter of 126 meters and stands at an altitude of 384 meters above sea level. It has a total 60 passenger cars with each car can accommodate passengers up to 8 people. It runs at a speed of 25 minutes per revolution.

Text imported from Wikipedia article "Sky Dream (Taiwan)" and modified on 29 December 2021 according to the CC-BY-SA 3.0 license.

Participants

Currently there is no information available about persons or companies having participated in this project.

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