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Ferris Wheel (1893) The original Ferris Wheel, sometimes also referred to as the Chicago Wheel, [2][3] was designed and built by George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. as the centerpiece of the Midway at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois. Since its construction, many other Ferris wheels have been constructed that were ...
The original Chicago Ferris Wheel and the Ferris wheel concept George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. (February 14, 1859 – November 22, 1896) was an American civil engineer . He is mostly known for creating the original Ferris Wheel for the 1893 Chicago World's Columbian Exposition .
The original Chicago Ferris Wheel, built for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition. The original Ferris wheel, sometimes referred to as the Chicago Wheel, was designed and constructed by Ferris Jr. and opened in 1893; however, an earlier wheel was created for the New York State fair in 1854, created by two Erie Canal workers. [11] [4] [12] [13]
Ferris wheels have been popular since George Washington Gale Ferris Jr., a 33-year-old engineer, designed one for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. ... Ferris’s 1893 original was ...
The original Ferris Wheel An exhibit hall interior The German pavilion, which remained standing after the Expo. The World's Columbian Exposition was the first world's fair with an area for amusements that was strictly separated from the exhibition halls.
A double Ferris wheel. Unlike most Ferris wheels, this ride had a wheel mounted on each end of a massive hydraulic arm. While one wheel was rotating high up in the air, the other was perpendicular to the ground so that the cylindrical gondolas (which were suspended from finger-like spokes) could be loaded all at once.
The original Ferris wheel was sold on September 27, 2015, and moved to Branson, Missouri, where it opened in 2016. [26] The new 196-foot (60 m) Ferris wheel which replaced it is a DW60 from Dutch Wheels, the Netherlands-based company that built the pier's former wheel.
Modelled on the original Ferris Wheel which featured at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, US, it was 94 metres (308 ft) tall [4] and 82.3 metres (270 ft) in diameter. [5] [6] [7] and weighed about 900 tons. [8]