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 ...

George Ferris designed the very first Ferris Wheel, and Hoosier Luther Rice built it. Legend claims that pieces of that original Ferris Wheel were used to create a bridge in northern Indiana.

One of their number, George Washington Gale Ferris ... “Too fragile,” he said. Ferris was hardly the first to imagine such a wheel. In fact, a carpenter named William Somers was building ...

Another George from Pittsburgh, George Westinghouse, illuminated the entire fairgrounds with 250,000 lights. "The Ferris wheel was so popular, that when the fair closed, people didn't want the ...

It’s a carnival and fair staple… the Ferris wheel! George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. graduated from RPI in 1881 and later invented the Ferris wheel in 1893. Chris Letchford, a professor and ...

Ferris wheel creator George W. G. Ferris Jr. graduated from RPI in 1881. Information on Ferris wheel creator and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute graduate, George W. G. Ferris Jr. is displayed ...

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 ...

George Ferris, the wheel’s inventor, had close ties to Pittsburgh, living in the North Side and contributing to the city’s bridges. When building the first Ferris wheel for the World’s ...

One of their number, George Washington Gale Ferris ... “Too fragile,” he said. Ferris was hardly the first to imagine such a wheel. In fact, a carpenter named William Somers was building ...