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    What was stuck for 4.5 hours in 1896?

    Question #15576. Asked by pab. (Jan 03 02 10:22 AM)


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    		I must agree with TT on this one.
    The Big Wheel at the Earl's Court Exhibition in London
    Each of the forty cars could accommodate forty passengers so that up to 1,600 could ride the on the wheel together. In its life it conveyed two and a half million passengers. Despite an embarrassment when the wheel stuck for four and a half hours in May 1896 ( the passengers were handsomely compensated for their ordeal and the episode spawned a music-hall song 'I've got the five pound note')


    Jan 03 02, 11:33 PM
    Tabby Tom

    		Tabby Tom says:

    The Big Wheel at the Earl's Court Exhibition in London.

    http://www.photolondon.org.uk/nmr/nmr_wheel.htm

    Thu Jan 03 04:46:25 CST 2002
    (To fix link - McG)

    May 07 03, 9:42 AM

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