Where is this Big Wheel

[horseshoes]

Do any of you know where this big wheel is please. I've tried googling and the ones I've found are Blackpool and Earls Court, but when I look closely the buildings in the foregrond don't look right for Earls Court and I'm not sure whether I should be able to see the tower if it was Blackpool. Any thoughts? Thank you.

[dotty.]

that looks like a glass paperweight horseshoes, probably a holiday souvenir?

[trapped]

Looks like the one at Earls Court

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferris_wheel

[jno]

Prater in Vienna? The one in The Third Man

[NazNomad]

... the 1893 World Columbian Exposition in Chicago?

[askyourgran]

It looks like the early one at Blackpool
http://www.blackpoolisbest.co.uk/7.html

[dotty.]

it toured

[Mosaic]

I'd say defo not Blackpool on account of the difference in surrounding buildings.

[horseshoes]

Yes it is a glass paperweight. I had another on here the other day which was of Wells. I was hoping I'd find a postcard with the same photo on it, like the Wells one, but no luck. I'm still not sure where this is. It could be Earls Court, Blackpool, Southend. Oh dear.

[lady-janine]

think i'm right in saying there is one in tokyo. does that help?

[scotman]

This site shows the original Ferris Wheel at the Chicago World's Fair. The design of yours is very similar so it looks a quite early one.

http://en.wikipedia.o..._Columbian_Exposition

[horseshoes]

Oh dear - this one's getting more and more difficult . I agree Scotman it is the same construction but the buildings are not right, I don't think. I would say it's Victorian/Edwardian though.