has been dubbed the “Centennial Wheel” in honor of Navy Pier’s 100-year anniversary. In 1893, Ferris certainly gave Chicago’s boosters what they were looking for. It was far shorter than ...

More than a diversion, more than the first amusement park ride, the giant wheel imagined and built by George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. for the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago ...

Ferris wheels have been turning for more than 130 years, the first one constructed for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, designed by George Washington Gale Ferris. Paul Durica ...

(WYTV) — The first Ferris wheel stood 264 feet tall and was the biggest attraction at the World Exposition in Chicago, in June 1893. Is that big? The Giant Wheel at Cedar Point is 145 feet.

Chicago’s 1893 Ferris Wheel—the world’s first—inspired visitors at the World’s Columbian Exposition and helped establish the burgeoning city’s reputation for big dreams and hard work.

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. More than a century later ...

He designed and built the first Ferris wheel for the 1893 World Fair in Chicago. That one was 265 feet tall and could hold 2,100 passengers at once. “That’s why they needed an RPI engineer to ...

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 ...