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Ferris wheels


Identification code: 300007315



Alternative term/s

  • Ferris wheel
  • ferris wheel
  • wheel, Ferris
  • wheels, Ferris

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Amusement devices consisting of a large power-driven wheel made in two parallel sections having seats suspended between them, the seats maintaining a horizontal position while the wheel rotates in a vertical plane. The first wheel was created by Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania bridge builder George W. Ferris for the 1893 Chicago World's Fair.

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