2014

SJ8498 : Piccadilly at Night

taken 10 years ago, near to Manchester, England

Piccadilly at Night
Piccadilly at Night
Late night shoppers stroll through the avenue of trees illuminated for the Christmas period, with SJ8498 : Manchester's Big Wheel, Piccadilly Gardens in the background.
Manchester Wheel at Piccadilly Gardens

A new Ferris wheel was installed in Piccadilly Gardens in time for the 2013 Christmas and New Year festivities.

The original 190ft “Manchester Wheel” (SJ8398 : The Manchester Wheel, Exchange Square) had become an iconic Manchester landmark since it was first installed in 2007 in Exchange Square. It was dismantled in 2012 to make way for the Olympic celebrations.

The new wheel, standing at 173 feet, is not as tall as the last one; it was planned for it to stay in Piccadilly Gardens until January 2015, but it wasn't dismantled until June of that year.

LinkExternal link and LinkExternal link (Manchester Evening News).


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David Dixon   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Thursday, 2 January, 2014   (more nearby)
Submitted
Friday, 3 January, 2014
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SJ 8440 9829 [10m precision]
WGS84: 53:28.8658N 2:14.1921W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SJ 84444 98277
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West-northwest (about 292 degrees)
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