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Gyro tower

A gyro tower, or panoramic tower, is a revolving observation tower with a vertical moving platform. A gyro tower's observation deck is not simply raised to provide its passengers a spectacular view, it is also rotated around the supporting mast, either once in the raised position or while traveling up and down the center mast.

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Gyro towers are seldom part of funfairs but can be found more often in permanent amusement parks. A well-known American gyro tower is the Kissing Tower at Hersheypark.

A special gyro tower is the Space Tower atop the Euromast in Rotterdam. It may be the only gyro tower standing on a roof of a structure and not on the ground.

Notable gyro towers

  • Carolina Skytower, Carowinds, NC/SC, USA
  • Sky Cabin, Knott's Berry Farm, Buena Park, CA, USA
  • Sky Tower, Rhyl, United Kingdom
  • Kissing Tower, Hersheypark, Hershey, PA, USA
  • Star Tower, California's Great America, San Jose, CA, USA
  • Sky Tower, SeaWorld San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA
  • Sky Tower, SeaWorld Orlando, Orlando, FL, USA
  • Sky Trek Tower, Six Flags Great America, Gurnee, IL, USA
  • Panorama Tower, Heide-Park, Germany
  • Space Tower, Minnesota State Fair, Falcon Heights, Minnesota, USA
  • Infinito, Terra Mitica, Spain
  • Taming Sari Tower, Melaka, Malaysia (First gyro tower in Malaysia)
  • Panoraama, Linnanmäki, Helsinki, Finland
  • La Gyrotour, Futuroscope, France
  • Observation Tower, Hangzhou Paradise, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
  • Top of Texas Tower, State Fair of Texas, Dallas, TX, USA,
  • Spirale, La Ronde, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (Opened in 1967 double cabin)

    • Defunct

  • Space Spiral, Cedar Point, Sandusky, OH, USA, (Imploded September 12, 2012)
  • Skyscraper, Geauga Lake, Aurora, OH, USA, (Dismantled in July 2009, turned to scrap)
  • Polo Tower, Morecambe, United Kingdom (Disused from 1999, passenger car removed in 2008)
  • Space Needle, Main Street Pier, Daytona Beach, FL, USA, (On the beach, dismantled September 2012)
  • Astro Needle, Myrtle Beach, SC, USA, (dismantled mid-1980s)
  • Falls Tower, Niagara Falls, Clifton Hills, Canada (dismantled November 2006)
  • Fun Pier Sky Tower Wildwood, New Jersey, USA, (dismantled 2009)
  • Sky Tower, Atlantic City, New Jersey, Central Pier, (dismantled November 1989)
  • Astroneedle, Six Flags Astroworld, Houston, TX, USA, (Dismantled in 2000)
  • Panoramic, Plopsaland, Belgium (Closed 2009)
  • Sky Tower, Marineland of the Pacific, Palos Verdes, CA, USA (closed 1987, dismantled September 1995)
  • Astrotower, Astroland, NY, USA (disused from 2010, being shortened due to structural concerns, 2013)

    • References

    Gyro tower Wikipedia
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