01 ka-06
Millennium Attraction
Isithombe © Teresa Plowright. I-London Eye, eyakhelwe ngonyaka ka-2000 Millenium, ngokushesha yaba yindawo esemqoka yedolobha futhi manje kufanele ibone imindeni eminingi ehambela inhloko-dolobha yaseBrithani.
Isondo elikhulu lokubuka eliphakeme liphakama kakhulu emabhishi aseThames, futhi abagibeli baphathwa ezinyoni ze-panoramic-ukubuka kwe-London skyline. Uma isimo sezulu sicacile, ungabona ngamamayela angu-25.
Ephakeme ngamamitha angu-135, iLondon Eye iyisakhiwo sesithupha eside kunazo zonke eLondon. Kuyinto yomndeni omkhulu umsebenzi, ngisho nezingane ezincane, ngoba indiza iyindoda. Uhambo lonke lithatha amaminithi angu-30 ngaphakathi kwe-capsule ethinta abagibeli abangu-25.
02 ka 06
Amandla nemigqa
Isithombe © Teresa Plowright. Ama-capsules ahamba nge-oval aphethwe yi-oval angama-32 angenawo umoya angakwazi ukuthwala izivakashi ezingu-15 000 ngosuku. Qaphela ukuthi phakathi nenkathi ephakeme yehlobo, imigqa yokuthenga amathikithi ingaqhubeka amahora.
Izivakashi zingathenga "amathikithi okusheshayo" ukugwema emigqeni, kodwa zibiza okungaphezulu kune "amathikithi okusindisa." Indlela engcono kakhulu yokugwema imigqa ukubhuka amathikithi wokuphepha ku-intanethi. I-hitch kuphela ephethe ukuthenga ithikithi lakho ngaphambi kokuba uthenge uyothola ithuba lesimo sezulu ngosuku lwendiza yakho.
03 ka 06
Indawo
Isithombe © Teresa Plowright. I-London Eye isendaweni yaseThames 'South Bank phakathi kweWestminster Bridge, eholela ngaphesheya ezindlini zePhalamende , naseHongerford Bridge.
Eduze I-Eye yiLondon Aquarium; futhi eceleni kwayo yiJudibe Gardens, indawo enesizotha se-greenspace endaweni yepikiniki kanye nendawo yokudlala. Njengoba uqhubeka emgwaqweni eceleni kweThames, uzodlula abaculi bezitrato nabaculi basendleleni.
04 ka 06
Up, Up and Away
Isithombe © Teresa Plowright. Ngaphakathi kwe-capsule, abagibeli bakhululekile ukuhamba nxazonke, nakuba ukuhlala kuhlinzekwa. Isondo lihamba kancane kangangokuthi akudingeki lime ukuyeka nokuthatha abagibeli; Esikhundleni salokho, abagibeli bavele bahambe bese bevala i-capsule ehambayo phansi. Ama-capsules omgibeli amiswe okwesikhashana ukuthi izivakashi zithole umbono we-360 degree.
05 ka 06
Umklamo
Isithombe © Teresa Plowright. I-London Eye yenzelwe abakhiqizi uFrank Anatole, uNic Bailey, uSteve Chilton, uMalcolm Cook, uMark Sparrowhawk, kanye neqembu lomyeni nomkakhe likaJulia Barfield noDavid Mark, abangena emncintiswaneni wokwakha umonakalo wemillenium. Umncintiswano washaywa, kodwa lo mbhangqwana awuzange ushiye umsebenzi wabo futhi ngenhlanhla, nomxhasi wangempela, i- British Airways . Okwamanje, isondo lixhaswe yi-Coca-Cola.
Isondo lalikhulu kakhulu kangangokuthi kwakudingeka lakhiwe ngezigaba, ezanyuka phezulu eThames emabhodleni bese zihlangana zilele phansi amapulatifomu ahamba phansi emfuleni. Uma isondo seliphelile, liphakanyiselwe endaweni eqondile.
Umklami we-Pritzker we-Iconic owawina umklomelo uSir Richard Rogers wabhala ngeLondon Eye:
"I-Eye yenzé eLondon ukuthi i-Eiffel Tower yenzani iParis, okuwukuthi iwuphawu lokuvumela abantu ukuba bakhuphuke ngaphezu komuzi babuke emuva kuwo. Akukhona nje ochwepheshe noma abacebile, kodwa wonke umuntu. kuyo: iyindawo yomphakathi futhi ifinyeleleka, futhi isesikhundleni esihle enhliziyweni yaseLondon. "
Lapho ivuliwe okokuqala, iLondon Eye kwakuyivili elide kakhulu kunawo wonke uFerris emhlabeni. Namuhla kusekhona isondo elide kunazo zonke e-Europe eFerris. Kwakuyiyona ndawo yokubukwa ephakeme eLondon kuze kufike umgwaqo ongama-804-footing on the 72nd floor of The Shard evuliwe ngo-2013.
06 ka-06
Buka kusuka e-London Eye
Izindlu zePhalamende, ezitholakala eLondon Eye. Isithombe © Teresa Plowright. Ngosuku lokugibela kwethu ngo-Agasti, sasinezulu elihle kodwa elingaphelele. Uma uhamba phambili ukuze ugweme imigqa, uthatha amathuba akho ngesimo sezulu phakathi nendiza yakho. Enye indlela ukuthatha indiza ebusuku, ukuthi abalandeli bathi imilingo impela nezibani zedolobha ziyazamazama ngezansi.
Qaphela: I-Eye ivala amasonto ambalwa unyaka ngamunye ukuze isondlo. Hlola izinsuku uma uvakashela inkathi.
- Ehlelwe nguSuzanne Rowan Kelleher
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