wiredinUSA October 2013

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Colorado wire flying high Colorado Wire & Cable Co has provided wireand tray cable for themultimilliondollar “High Roller” Ferris wheel, in Las Vegas.

Colorado Wire & Cable Co supplied the electrical wire and control cable that will help power each of the 44,000lb observation pods. The pods, which will include multiple flat screen TVs and iPod docks, have been manufactured and assembled by Grand Junction’s Leitener Poma factory with a majority of American parts, including Colorado Wire & Cable Co’s instrumentation cable and control cable. Visitors will be able to hold events in the cabins, while the wheel rotates one foot per second. Installation of the cabins, which feature 300 square feet of laminate glass, will begin before the end of the year.

The wheel, which is 100 feet taller than the London Eye, 30 feet taller than China's Star of Nanchang and 9 feet taller than the Singapore Flyer, will carry 3.5 million pounds of steel and feature 1,500 LED lights. Located between the Flamingo and Harrah's hotel-casino, it is expected to be the main attraction of Caesars Entertainment Corporation’s outdoor Linq project when it becomes operational in early 2014. With the outer shell of the wheel now complete, builders are preparing for the next phase of construction, the installation of 28 glass-enclosed cabins. Denver-based

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wiredInUSA - October 2013