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March 19th, 2007, 08:06
I'm not much on heights, myself, so I didn't ride on the huge Ferris wheel at Suan Lum night bazaar (next to Lumpini Park) this past November, but I took photos of it from the Pinnacle Hotel hall window.
http://upload7.postimage.org/271190/PA240199W.jpg (http://upload7.postimage.org/271190/photo_hosting.html)
http://www.sawatdee-gay-thailand.com/fo ... &mode=next (http://www.sawatdee-gay-thailand.com/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=2236&mode=next)
While going through some old family albums I was surprised to find this image from around 1906 of another wheel from the same company, this one in England. A similar wheel was used at the 1893 Chicago World's fair, then moved to St Louis in 1904 where you could ride it for 50 cents. I understand it cost Bt100 to ride it's modern-day "cousin" in Bangkok, a century later.
http://upload7.postimage.org/271164/GreatWheelca1905_W.jpg (http://upload7.postimage.org/271164/photo_hosting.html)
http://upload7.postimage.org/271190/PA240199W.jpg (http://upload7.postimage.org/271190/photo_hosting.html)
http://www.sawatdee-gay-thailand.com/fo ... &mode=next (http://www.sawatdee-gay-thailand.com/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=2236&mode=next)
While going through some old family albums I was surprised to find this image from around 1906 of another wheel from the same company, this one in England. A similar wheel was used at the 1893 Chicago World's fair, then moved to St Louis in 1904 where you could ride it for 50 cents. I understand it cost Bt100 to ride it's modern-day "cousin" in Bangkok, a century later.
http://upload7.postimage.org/271164/GreatWheelca1905_W.jpg (http://upload7.postimage.org/271164/photo_hosting.html)