Ferris wheel
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A Ferris wheel is an amusement ride consisting of a rotating upright wheel with multiple passenger-carrying components attached to the rim in such a way that as the wheel turns, they are kept upright,
Ain Dubai, the world's largest Ferris wheel since 2021, in Dubai.
An early wheel in Bucharest, Romania (1857 lithograph)
Magic-City, Paris, France, 1913
A 50 foot wooden wheel built by William Somers in Atlantic City, New Jersey, in 1891 was an immediate precursor to the original Ferris Wheel
Ferris Wheel (1893)
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The original Ferris Wheel, sometimes also referred to as the Chicago Wheel, was designed and built by George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. as the centerpiece of the Midway at the 1893 World's Columbian E
Ferris wheel
…largest modern Ferris wheels have cars mounted on the outside of the rim, with electric motors to independently rotate each car to keep it upright. The original Ferris Wheel was designed and constructed by George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. as a landmark for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, although much…
George Washington Gale Ferris Jr.'s wheel
The original 1893 Chicago Ferris Wheel
View through the Ferris Wheel
The Ferris Wheel in Lincoln Park, Chicago, looking north from Wrightwood Avenue