Is a bridge in northern Indiana built from the ruins of the very first Ferris wheel? In 1893, Chicago was hoping to make an attraction that would surpass the Eiffel Tower's success at the Paris ...

Souvenir paperweight commemorating the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition. The paperweight features the Fair's signature attraction, the Ferris Wheel. The 1893 World's Columbian Exposition was an ...

In Take a Trip on the First Ferris Wheel, an Oct. 18 Evenings at Butterworth presentation, Butterworth Center Program Director Gretchen Frick Small brings to life a scene from more than 120 years ago.

Eighteen-year-old Conn leaves Ireland and sails to America, where he helps build the first Ferris wheel for the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893. https://siris ...