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World's Fair 1873
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| Office | World's Fair |
| Honorific | World's Fair - Abbr: |
| Type | General Election |
| Filing Deadline | January 01, 1872 - 12:00pm Central |
| Polls Open | 00, 1872 - 02:00am Central |
| Polls Close | 00, 1872 - 06:00am Central |
| Term Start | May 01, 1873 - 12:00pm |
| Term End | October 31, 1873 - 12:00pm |
| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Modified | Thomas Walker August 31, 2006 01:00am |
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Culture and Education
The first exposition in a German-speaking country. Germany itself would not host an exposition until 2000. The Danube had even been redirected for almost half a mile to help create the site
The Weltausstellung 1873 Wien was the large World exposition which was held in 1873 in the Austrian-Hungarian capital of Vienna.
A lot of special buildings were erected for this exposition. The most famous were:
the Rotunde, a large circular building in the great park of Prater, and
the Riesenrad (giant wheel or Ferris wheel), an early predecessor of the London Eye, with a height of 65 meters.
Area: 42 Acres
Participating Countries: 35
Visitors: 7,255,000
Cost: 9 561 635 $
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