As plans for the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago ... Ferris’ wheel, notably an 89,320-pound axle that had to be hoisted onto two towers 140 feet in the air. Launched on June 21, 1893 ...

Selected list of things that originated in Chicago. View of Midway from the Ferris Wheel, Chicago, 1893. Nineteenth-century Chicago bred innovators in many fields. New technologies, business and ...

The first, and most famous Ferris wheel was demolished in 1906. Miss Jackson’s paintings Chicago, Ill ... limit for return passage November 5, 1893. For rates of fare, time of train and ...