City - Chicago,IL - Fair - The first Ferris Wheel 1893 Wood Print

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Colorized photo from 1893
Original title: Large Ferris wheel at the World's Columbian Exposition
Location: 1130 Midway Plaisance, Chicago, IL
Photographer: Unknown

The Columbian Exposition of 1893 was the home of many firsts, they introduced all sorts of technology, foods and in this case rides.

When they were designing the fair, they wanted a sort of high class affair and didn't want low class things like the midway. But they learned that they can profit greatly for having one. They wanted something educational for the most part but also wanted a grand feature that could rival the Eiffel tower, which was made for the Expo in France.

George Washington Gale Ferris Jr, just happened to be in the right spot at the right time. As he was hired to inspect the steel structures of the buildings, he heard that they wanted something grand. It just so happens he had a neat idea, and designed what we call today, the Ferris Wheel. Though in those days it was just kno...

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