ANSWER: George Ferris invented the ferris wheel in 1892 (The concept was put on paper approx. 1890) for a competition but he lost because it could be dangerous! See Attached reference: http://www.hydeparkhistory.org/newsletter.html
The first Ferris Wheel was built by George Ferris Jr. for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition (Chicago World's Fair).
George Washington Gale Ferris invented the Ferris wheel. It opened in June of 1893 for the World's Colombian Exhibition in Chicago.
It is a ride for amusement or sightseeing. The first Ferris Wheel was built by George Ferris Jr. for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition (an international world's fair) in Chicago IL.
George Washington Gale Ferris, Jr. (February 14, 1859 - November 22, 1896) invented the Ferris wheel for the 1893 Chicago World's Colombian Exposition. It was intended to create something as impressive as the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France. - Wikipedia.org
The Chicago World's Fair, was held in Chicago in 1893. The electricity was powered by the system of Nikola Tesla. He had an exhibition of his inventions. World's first Ferris wheel was designed to "out-Eiffel Eiffel" and thrilled 20,000 people a day starting on June 18. That Ferris wheel (also called the "Chicago Wheel", designed and built by George Ferris.
The first ferris wheel was designed and constructed by George Washington Gale Ferris Jr and it was used as a landmark for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago.
Ryleigh Buck created it when she had purple hair, and her orange cat Taylor. They live in California.
The original Ferris wheel was designed and constructed by a man named George Washington Gale Ferris, Jr. as a landmark for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago.
He invented and built it as a landmark for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago.
1892-03 Chicago Illinois- the World"s Columbian Exposition. Prime contractor for the superstructure was - Bethlehem Steel, and the ornate Ferris Wheel Cars were fabricated by the Pullman company right in Chicago. Coney"s Wonder Wheel was not erected until l920 but stands in the (big Ferris) succession!
The first carousel was built in Wellsville, New York between 1912 and 1916 by a company named the Herschell-Spillman Company.
The original Ferris wheel was designed by George Washington Gale Ferris, Jr., as a landmark for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. The name later came to be used generically for all such rides.