This 12 ton, 80-foot-tall behemoth was built to withstand hurricane force winds, and served as a ferris wheel at the 1964-65 New York World's Fair. Twenty-four gondolas circled the tire where the treads are today, carrying nearly two million people. The tire was moved to Allen Park, Michigan in 1966 and, although urban legends tell of it breaking loose and rolling across I-94, there's no evidence that this has ever happened.
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.I've heard that beyond this tire lives a community of hobos and bums, in an unchartered field/forest under some powerlines.
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