Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Sky Ride was an attraction built for the Century of Progress 1933 World's Fair in Chicago, Illinois.It was a transporter bridge (with a design similar to an aerial tramway or gondola lift) designed by the bridge engineering firm Robinson & Steinman that ferried people across the lagoon, Burnham Harbor, in the center of the fair.
The John Hancock Center is a 100-story, 1,128-foot [7] supertall skyscraper located in Chicago, Illinois.Located in the Magnificent Mile district, the building was officially renamed 875 North Michigan Avenue in 2018.
McCormick Tribune Plaza & Ice Rink or McCormick Tribune Plaza is a multi-purpose venue within Millennium Park in the Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. On December 20, 2001, it became the first attraction in Millennium Park to open. [ 2 ]
The Pooladkaf gondola lift in Pooladkaf ski resort, near Sepidan, on the north mountains of Shiraz at Fars region. Elevation of this lift is from 2810 to 3231 meters from sea level. Elevation of this lift is from 2810 to 3231 meters from sea level.
6.07 km (3.77 mi) Grindelwald–Männlichen gondola cableway, Switzerland [18] 5.7 km (3.5 mi) Wings of Tatev, Armenia, the world's longest reversible cable car line of one section. [19] [20] 4.94 km (3.07 mi) Medeu-Shimbulak tramway near Almaty, Kazakhstan. 4.35 km (2.70 mi) Sandia Peak Tramway, reversible tramway in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
The Gondola at Winter Park Resort in Colorado experienced a malfunction and stopped around noon Saturday, leaving visitors suspended mid-air. Video shows gondola rescue after ski lift malfunctions ...
Open-air gondolas can also come in a style similar to that of pulse gondolas, like the Village Gondola at Panorama Ski Resort, British Columbia. The first gondola built in the United States for a ski resort was at the Wildcat Mountain Ski Area. It was a two-person gondola built in 1957 and serviced skiers until 1999.
The original Chicago Ferris Wheel, built for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition. The original Ferris wheel, sometimes referred to as the Chicago Wheel, was designed and constructed by Ferris Jr. and opened in 1893; however, an earlier wheel was created for the New York State fair in 1854, created by two Erie Canal workers. [11] [4] [12] [13]