{"id":3377,"date":"2024-09-15T10:47:59","date_gmt":"2024-09-15T17:47:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsblog\/?p=3377"},"modified":"2024-12-11T10:53:38","modified_gmt":"2024-12-11T18:53:38","slug":"wiiner-riesenrad-ferris-wheel-in-vienna-austria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsblog\/wiiner-riesenrad-ferris-wheel-in-vienna-austria\/","title":{"rendered":"Wiiner Riesenrad Ferris Wheel in Vienna, Austria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Walter Bassett Basset is a grandson of Arthur Davie Basset.<\/p>\n<p>While on a recent vacation earlier this month to Vienna, Austria, my wife and I got to ride a Ferris Wheel called \u201cWiener Riesenrad\u201d. While there we found out that this Ferris Wheel was built by Walter Bassett Basset in 1897.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/walter1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3378\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/walter1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"602\" height=\"178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/walter1.jpg 602w, https:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/walter1-300x89.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsletters\/2011\/07\/201107.shtml\">Read an earlier article about Walter.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/walter2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3379\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/walter2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"429\" height=\"253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/walter2.jpg 429w, https:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/walter2-300x177.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 429px) 100vw, 429px\" \/><\/a>Technical specification of the Ferris Wheel<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/walter3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/walter3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"258\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/walter3.jpg 258w, https:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/walter3-222x300.jpg 222w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 258px) 100vw, 258px\" \/><\/a>Lt. Walter Bassett Basset, Royal Navy<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/walter4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3381\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/walter4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"273\" height=\"341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/walter4.jpg 273w, https:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/walter4-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 273px) 100vw, 273px\" \/><\/a>Picture of Wiener Riesenrad in Vienna, Austria<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Walter Bassett Basset is a grandson of Arthur Davie Basset. While on a recent vacation earlier this month to Vienna, Austria, my wife and I got to ride a Ferris Wheel called \u201cWiener Riesenrad\u201d. While there we found out that &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsblog\/wiiner-riesenrad-ferris-wheel-in-vienna-austria\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3377"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3377\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3382,"href":"https:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3377\/revisions\/3382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}