In America, at the late World's Fair, they had the biggeßt wheel in the world. It measures 250 feet in diameter, and is raised on immense towers, eight in number, twenty feet square and thirty-five feet high, built of sold cement, thu9 making the heigh th reached from the ground 268 feet. It has thirty-six cars and in these two regiments of soldiery could be seated.
The wheel is used to lift sightseers, wAnd the s> nsation is said to be delightful. As the wheel stops you enter the cars, the door closes, the clank, clank of the immense link S chain, as it falls over the sprocket wheels begins again. Doubtless the car will start shortly. It seemß a longtime abont it howevef. You look out ; the Midway Piafeancb is sinking below you. Boon it i« far beneath. In front, the towers and long gleaming pavilions of the White city are lifted into vi«w. Thin,
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Manawatu Herald, 16 January 1894, Page 3
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156Untitled Manawatu Herald, 16 January 1894, Page 3
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