A View of Coney Island From The Wonder Wheel

by John Telfer

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A View of Coney Island From The Wonder Wheel

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John Telfer

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Photograph - Photograph

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Recently while on vacation I asked my two daughters if they wold like to take a ride to Coney Island and see some of the sights on a nice late day summer afternoon. I had not been to Coney Island in about a year and my daughters had never been there. When we got to Coney Island we walked through one of the ride areas then onto the boardwalk and took in all of the sites. After walking around we decided to try going on the world's tallest ferris wheel, "The Wonder Wheel". This ferris wheel was built in 1920 right on Coney Island and is 150 feet tall making it the tallest ferris wheel in the world. In addition, it was declared a New York City landmark in 1989. When you come up to the Wonder Wheel you are asked if you want to go in the swinging cars or the stable ones. Of course we chose the swinging ones. This photo was taken from high a top of the Coney Island Wonder Wheel as our car had just stopped and I was able to get a nice clear photo of the boardwalk, beach, ocean and the rides below along with all of the people and to the right Famous Nathans. For more information on the Coney Island Wonder Wheel please feel free to read the information below;
Built in 1920 by the Eccentric Ferris Wheel Company, Wonder Wheel has 24 fully enclosed passenger cars, each able to carry 6 people, giving a total capacity of 144 passengers. 16 of the cars slide inward and outward as the wheel rotates, the remainder are fixed to the rim.[1]

The only time the wheel stopped while not under the control of the operator was during the New York City blackout of 1977 on July 13, 1977. Wonder Wheel operates on electricity, however, the passengers were not stuck on the wheel, as the owners cranked the wheel around to get them off.
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