''Le Manège d'Andrea'' (Andrea's Merry-go-round) is a carousel that was built by ''
La Machine
La Machine () is a commune in the Nièvre department in central France.
Mining city
Mining marked its history. Coal was extracted beginning in the fifteenth century. The hamlet took the name of "La Machine" in reference to a machine which ...
'' in
Toulouse,
France, in 1999 under the artistic and technical direction of
François Delarozière
François Delarozière (born 1963) is the art director of La Machine (production company), La Machine, a French company which is a collaboration between artists, designers, fabricators and technicians and which specialises in producing giant perfo ...
. The ride was made with materials such as wood, leather, glass, iron, feathers, steel, tin and copper, together with several pieces from junk (motorbikes, electric fans, etc.). Every figure or seat has several mechanisms that can be activated by the children riding them. Some examples include a steering wheel on the ''Petit Poisson'' that activates gears that turns the head and tail of the fish, a lever on the seahorse that nods its head, and a crank on a steam engine that releases "steam".
External links
Le Manège d'Andrea website
Carousels
Amusement rides introduced in 1999
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