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Today in Chicago History: Ferris wheel debuts at World’s Columbian Exposition
1893: Visitors to the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago got to ride the debut of the first Ferris wheel, which was ...
Before Henry Ford: The forgotten Detroit pioneer who drove the first gas-powered car
Henry Ford's Quadricycle was notable in its own right, but Charles Brady King drove his own horseless carriage through the ...
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Whales of the Great Lakes? Remembering whaleback ships developed in Superior, Wisconsin.
Whalebacks were invented and designed by Capt. Alexander McDougall (1845-1923), a Scottish immigrant and industrialist.
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Before Henry Ford: The forgotten Detroit pioneer who drove the first gas-powered car
Charles Brady King was a "mechanical genius" inspired by what he'd seen at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair. King caused a ... seen in this city” as “the invention of Charles B.
U.S. Inventions And Scientific Advances Made Possible Through Operation Paperclip
The highly controversial Operation Paperclip saw the U.S. Government utilize disgraced Nazi scientists to get ahead of ...