I'm not sure where my love for the Ferris Wheel comes from. I love carnivals and fairs, so maybe that's it, but I can't pinpoint it exactly. Maybe part of it is the idea from which it was born, the fact that at first everyone doubted the engineering behind it. The Ferris Wheel was invented
by George Washington Gale Ferris, Jr. in 1893 for the World's Columbian Exposition (the Chicago World's Fair). The Ferris wheel was brought to attention because the creators were looking for something to top the Eiffel Tower which was made for the previous World's Fair that was held in Paris. The Wheel was something absolutely brilliant and unthinkable for most at the time, because nothing like it had been created before.
I first learned of the history of the Ferris Wheel while reading Devil in the White City by Erik Larson... a book I suggest anyone interested in any kind of history read.
and now onto the Wheels!
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| First ever. World’s Columbian Exposition: Ferris Wheel, Chicago, United States, 1893. |
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| overgrown |
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| Tokyo, Ferris Wheel |
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| There will surely be a Ferris wheel in heaven. |
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| county fair wheel |
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| nightly Ferris |
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| believe this is the Eye |
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| overtaken |
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| Berlin wheel |
