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Largest Tire (Tyre) In The World

Location: Michigan, United States
Latitude & Longitude: 42.270573, -83.209061
Views: 1141   Posted By: shafty (10/01/2009)
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shafty (10/01/2009)

A massive Tire stands near the Detroit Metro Airport. It is the World's Largest Tire. 

Weighing 12 ton and standing 80ft tall the tire was built to withstand hurricane-force winds, and served as a ferris wheel and huge advertisement for Uniroyal at the 1964-65 New York World's Fair. 24 gondolas circled the tire where the treads are today, carrying nearly two million people. The tire was moved to Allen Park in 1966 and, although there are stories that it broke loose and rolled across the nearby I94 road, there's no concrete evidence.

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