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William Somers' Wheel, installed 1892, immediate precursor to the original Ferris Wheel. In 1892, William Somers installed three fifty-foot wooden wheels at Asbury Park, New Jersey; Atlantic City, New Jersey; and Coney Island, New York. The following year he was granted the first U.S. patent for a "Roundabout".
By 1908 Millville needed a new source of entertainment, and William "Pop" Somers of Atlantic City and Somers Point fame came to Millville seeing the opportunity for his Levoy. On a side note, Somers was one of the early Ferris Wheel designers, even before Mr. Ferris himself. Only after a lengthy court battle between Ferris and Somers did the ...
Will Somers is the main character and narrator of the historical novels King's Fool (1959, ISBN 978-1402219023) by Margaret Campbell Barnes, The Last of Days (2013, ISBN 978-0755397877) by Paul C. Doherty and Fall of the House of Queens: Book One of The Shattered Rose Series (2017, ISBN 978-1514807293) by Shelly Talcott (in this fictional ...
The boardwalk also had the first Roundabout installed in 1892 by William Somers, a wooden predecessor to the Ferris Wheel. Somers installed two others in Asbury Park, New Jersey and Coney Island, New York. [19] [20] Another early park was the Eldorado Amusement Park that opened in 1891 on the banks of the Hudson River, overlooking New York City ...
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William Sommers or William Somers may refer to: Will Sommers (died 1560), court jester of Henry VIII of England; William Somers (born c.1850), Scottish international footballer; Bill Sommers (William Dunn Sommers, 1923–2000), American professional baseball player; William P. Sommers (died 2007), CEO of SRI International, 1993–1998
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William Somers (born c. 1850) [1] was a Scottish international footballer who played as a right back. Born in the mid/late 1850s, he started his career with Glasgow Eastern before moving to Third Lanark in 1877. The side reached the 1878 Scottish Cup Final, but were beaten 1–0 by Vale of Leven.