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One of Chicago’s most prevalent but overlooked cultural contributions is not a building—it’s the Ferris wheel, first unveiled at the 1893 World’s Fair. More than 120 years later, Chicago adds to its legacy with a new Ferris wheel on Navy Pier. by Marko Dumlija, Research Intern.
May 15, 2016 · 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
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When the Ferris Wheel opened to the public on June 21, 1893, a ticket cost 50 cents, equivalent to about $17 today. Forty chairs were installed in each of the 36 passenger cars. With a capacity of 60 people per car, the wheel could accommodate 2,160 riders. The wheel made two revolutions over 20 minutes.
The Ferris Wheel was dismantled and then rebuilt in Lincoln Park, Chicago, in 1895, and dismantled and rebuilt a third and final time for the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis, Missouri. It was ultimately demolished in 1906. In 2007, the wheel's 45 foot, 70-ton axle was discovered buried near where it was demolished.
Jan 10, 2014 · CHICAGO: Host to two World’s Fairs — 1893 and 1933 “Captive” balloon and the ferris wheel at the World’s Columbian Exposition (1892-1893) (photograph by Charles Dudley Arnold, via the J ...
Jul 14, 2021 · Ferris’ wheel was 264 feet high and powered by two 1,000-horsepower engines that Ferris also designed and built. The wheel held 36 cars, each the size of a train car and the attraction was...
Download this as a PDF. The Original Ferris Wheel was created by an engineer, George Washington Gale Ferris Junior, for the 1893 World’s Fair in Chicago on Midway. The Original Ferris Wheel was a behemoth of a project, with 36 cars that could carry more than 2,000 riders.
