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Built for the [[YES '89 Yokohama Exposition]] at [[Minato Mirai 21]] in 1989,<ref>[http://articles.latimes.com/1990-02-25/travel/tr-1788_1_childhood-memories?pg=2 Los Angeles Times]</ref> Cosmo Clock 21 was originally constructed with a height of {{Convert|107.5|m|ft}}.<ref name="senyo89">[http://www.senyo.co.jp/english/corp/leisure.htm Senyo Kogyo Co, Ltd. - company profile]</ref> |
Built for the [[YES '89 Yokohama Exposition]] at [[Minato Mirai 21]] in 1989,<ref>[http://articles.latimes.com/1990-02-25/travel/tr-1788_1_childhood-memories?pg=2 Los Angeles Times]</ref> Cosmo Clock 21 was originally constructed with a height of {{Convert|107.5|m|ft}}.<ref name="senyo89">[http://www.senyo.co.jp/english/corp/leisure.htm Senyo Kogyo Co, Ltd. - company profile]</ref> |
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In 1997 the structure was dismantled, then in 1999 relocated onto a taller base which increased its overall height to {{Convert|112.5|m|ft}}.<ref name="senyo99">[http://www.senyo.co.jp/produ/cosmo21.htm Senyo Kogyo Co, Ltd. - Cosmo Clock 21]</ref><ref>[http://www.emporis.com/application/?nav=building&lng=3&id=139134 Cosmo Clock 21, Yokohama, Japan]</ref> |
In 1997 the structure was dismantled, then in 1999 relocated onto a taller base which increased its overall height to {{Convert|112.5|m|ft}}.<ref name="senyo99">[http://www.senyo.co.jp/produ/cosmo21.htm Senyo Kogyo Co, Ltd. - Cosmo Clock 21] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130918030148/http://www.senyo.co.jp/produ/cosmo21.htm |date=2013-09-18 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.emporis.com/application/?nav=building&lng=3&id=139134 Cosmo Clock 21, Yokohama, Japan]</ref> |
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Cosmo Clock 21 has 60 passenger cars,<ref>[http://www.japanforyou.com/index.php/newsfeeds/cosmo-world.html Cosmo world]</ref> each capable of carrying up to eight people. One rotation of the {{Convert|100|m|ft|adj=on}} diameter wheel takes 15 minutes.<ref>[http://www.welcome.city.yokohama.jp/eng/tourism/favorite/01.html Yokohama - my favorite tour | Akai Kutsu tour1]</ref> |
Cosmo Clock 21 has 60 passenger cars,<ref>[http://www.japanforyou.com/index.php/newsfeeds/cosmo-world.html Cosmo world] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.is/20110713090210/http://www.japanforyou.com/index.php/newsfeeds/cosmo-world.html |date=2011-07-13 }}</ref> each capable of carrying up to eight people. One rotation of the {{Convert|100|m|ft|adj=on}} diameter wheel takes 15 minutes.<ref>[http://www.welcome.city.yokohama.jp/eng/tourism/favorite/01.html Yokohama - my favorite tour | Akai Kutsu tour1] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091108135505/http://www.welcome.city.yokohama.jp/eng/tourism/favorite/01.html |date=2009-11-08 }}</ref> |
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==Coordinates== |
==Coordinates== |
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Revision as of 13:03, 13 August 2017
Cosmo Clock 21 is a giant Ferris wheel at the Cosmo World amusement park in the Minato Mirai 21 district of Yokohama, Japan. When it first opened, it was the world's tallest Ferris wheel, until the completion of the 108-metre (354 ft) Igosu 108 in Shiga, Japan, in 1992.
History and specifications
Built for the YES '89 Yokohama Exposition at Minato Mirai 21 in 1989,[1] Cosmo Clock 21 was originally constructed with a height of 107.5 metres (353 ft).[2]
In 1997 the structure was dismantled, then in 1999 relocated onto a taller base which increased its overall height to 112.5 metres (369 ft).[3][4]
Cosmo Clock 21 has 60 passenger cars,[5] each capable of carrying up to eight people. One rotation of the 100-metre (330 ft) diameter wheel takes 15 minutes.[6]
Coordinates
- 1st (107.5 m tall) installation, completed 1989, dismantled 1997: ?
- 2nd (112.5 m tall) installation, completed 1999: 35°27′19″N 139°38′12″E / 35.4553872°N 139.6367347°E
Gallery
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cosmo Clock 21.
- ^ Los Angeles Times
- ^ Senyo Kogyo Co, Ltd. - company profile
- ^ Senyo Kogyo Co, Ltd. - Cosmo Clock 21 Archived 2013-09-18 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Cosmo Clock 21, Yokohama, Japan
- ^ Cosmo world Archived 2011-07-13 at archive.today
- ^ Yokohama - my favorite tour | Akai Kutsu tour1 Archived 2009-11-08 at the Wayback Machine