The first Ferris wheel was built by George W. Ferris for the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition. It stood 250 feet high and had 36 cars that could each carry 40 people.

This article was originally published with the title “ The World's Columbian Exposition--A View on the Grand Basin ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 69 No. 17 (October 1893), p. 265 doi ...

America hosted the World's Fair of 1893 as a celebration of Columbus' voyage to the continent four hundred (and one) years earlier. Chicago beat out New York, St. Louis and Washington, D.C. for ...

The first Ferris wheel was built by George W. Ferris for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition. It stood 250 feet high and had 36 cars that could each carry 40 people. Erin Hooley / Chicago Tribune ...

A group of undergraduates at the University of Chicago has come in touch with the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition, ... We know they would put down a plank and then build the foundation on top of it.