ferris wheel

     

A Ferris wheel (also known as an observation wheel or big wheel) is a nonbuiling structure consisting of an upright wheel with passenger gondolas suspended from the rim.

Trivia about ferris wheel

  • One description of it said its "spokes look like cobwebs; they are after the fashion of those on the newest...bicycles"
  • The first one, built in 1893, consisted of 2,200 tons of steel, rose 268 feet & had 36 cars each carrying 60 people
  • At the Columbian Exposition in 1893, this tall amusement park ride had everyone going in circles
  • About 500' high, Singapore's "The Flyer" is one of the world's tallest of these amusement park rides
  • 2,160 people at a time could ride on this at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair
  • An amusement park ride consisting of an upright disk with passenger gondolas suspended from the rim
  • This state fair ride favorite premiered at Chicago's Columbian Exposition in 1893
  • On a clear day, the first of these amusement park rides offered views not just of Chicago but miles out onto the lake
  • A 500-foot-tall one of these fair attractions is planned to be built across the Thames from Parliament
  • The sensation of the 1893 Chicago Exposition rose 250' & was named for its inventor
  • Eli Bridge builds amusement rides like this one that's been making the rounds since 1893
  • This amusement park ride premiered at Chicago's Columbian Exposition in 1893
  • This wheel was made for an 1893 expo by an engineer who specialized in steel structures

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