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Above: Despite the vast area of the site, space was running out rapidly.
There was an estimated 4000 people turn out for the ceremony.

Above: Peter Joseph, Curator of the Trevithick Society in Cornwall makes the
first speech and officially hands the wheel back to the people of the IOM.

Above: Mr Antony Hamilton, Chief executive of the Department of Local Government and
Environment makes his speech before cutting the ribbon and naming the wheel.

Above: The Champagne swings towards the axle.

Above: The bottle explodes with a loud thud.

Above: A close up shows how the bottle was right in the center.
The wheel is Christened The Lady Evelyn.

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