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====Ferris wheels==== [[File:Giant Wheel.jpg|thumb|[[Giant Wheel (Hersheypark)|Giant Wheel]], a double wheel at [[Hersheypark]]]] [[File:Sky Whirl 2.jpg|thumb|[[Sky Whirl]], a triple wheel at [[Six Flags Great America]]]] [[File:California Screamin' Launch.JPG|thumb|[[Incredicoaster]], a Custom Intamin Looper at [[Disney California Adventure]]]] Intamin brokered a number of rides that were manufactured by [[Waagner-Biro]]. These included a series of rides for [[Marriott Corporation]], each comprising a vertical column supporting multiple horizontal arms, with each arm supporting a [[Ferris wheel]]. The first was [[Giant Wheel (Hersheypark)|Giant Wheel]] which operated at [[Hersheypark]] in [[Hershey, Pennsylvania]], from 1973 until 2004. Similar Intamin supplied Waagner-Biro wheels included Zodiac ([[Kings Island]], [[Mason, Ohio]]) and Scorpion ([[Parque de la Ciudad]], [[Buenos Aires]], Argentina). All are now defunct. [[Sky Whirl]], the world's first triple Ferris wheel, which debuted at both Marriott's Great America parks (now [[Six Flags Great America]], [[Gurnee, Illinois]], and [[California's Great America]], [[Santa Clara, California|Santa Clara]]) in 1976, was also manufactured by Waagner-Biro and brokered by Intamin. Also known as a triple Ferris wheel,<ref>[http://www.freethemepark.com/great-america-tickets.php Need Six Flags Great America Tickets?] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017003131/http://www.freethemepark.com/great-america-tickets.php |date=2015-10-17 }}</ref> Triple Giant Wheel,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timelines.home.insightbb.com/sfgam_years.htm |title=Theme Park Timelines |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150118163229/http://timelines.home.insightbb.com/sfgam_years.htm |archive-date=2015-01-18 }}</ref> or Triple Tree Wheel, it was {{Convert|33|m|ft|0}} in height.<ref>[http://www.gurnee.il.us/zoning_board/zba_minutes/10-25-00.html Zoning Board Minutes - 10-25-00] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060312131305/http://www.gurnee.il.us/zoning_board/zba_minutes/10-25-00.html |date=March 12, 2006 }}</ref> The Santa Clara ride, renamed Triple Wheel in post-Marriott years, closed on 1 September 1997. The Gurnee ride closed in 2000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.greatamericaparks.com/skywhirl.html|title=SKY WHIRL at Marriott's GREAT AMERICA parks|date=24 March 2018}}</ref> The [[The Wheel at ICON Park|Orlando Eye]], which opened in April 2015, was designed and built by Intamin.<ref>[http://www.baynews9.com/content/news/baynews9/on-the-town/article.html/content/news/articles/cfn/2014/4/15/eye_rise_constructio.htmlI-Drive 360: Construction continues on the Orlando Eye] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20140527183531/http://www.baynews9.com/content/news/baynews9/on-the-town/article.html/content/news/articles/cfn/2014/4/15/eye_rise_constructio.htmlI-Drive |date=2014-05-27 }}</ref>
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