The original "Ferris" wheel was erected for the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893 in Chicago at a cost of $385,000. The price to ride the wheel was 50 cents, the same price as it cost to enter ...

As plans for the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago ... Ferris’ wheel, notably an 89,320-pound axle that had to be hoisted onto two towers 140 feet in the air. Launched on June 21, 1893 ...

Selected list of things that originated in Chicago. View of Midway from the Ferris Wheel, Chicago, 1893. Nineteenth-century Chicago bred innovators in many fields. New technologies, business and ...

Chicago welcomed the very first Ferris wheel at the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893, and its own giant wheel recently got a makeover, replacing small red boxes with enclosed pods just before ...

The first, and most famous Ferris wheel was demolished in 1906. Miss Jackson’s paintings Chicago, Ill ... limit for return passage November 5, 1893. For rates of fare, time of train and ...

What could be more beautiful than climbing up in the sky watching a huge metropolis? The first observation wheel, built in Chicago back in 1893, marked the beginning of a race between cities in height ...