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8 unusual facts about Ferris Wheel


Chief Blue Horse

Blue Horse regularly rode the giant observation Ferris Wheel, and at age of 82 and to the delight of the crowds, ascended the sky above in a captive air balloon.

Doug Ford, Jr.

In 2011, Ford promoted an alternate vision for the Port Lands district of Toronto, including a monorail, a boat-in hotel, the world's largest Ferris wheel and a mega-mall.

Ferris Wheel

The hero of Robert Lawson's children's book The Great Wheel is part of the construction crew for the original Chicago Ferris Wheel.

Harbour Town

It is located in the Waterfront City precinct, underneath the Melbourne Star Ferris wheel.

History of Hersheypark

A small Ferris wheel and the Airplane Swing were the first two kiddie rides added to the park, both in 1926.

Kolkata Riverfront Beautification Project

A Ferris wheel named Kolkata Eye or Kolkata Merina will be probably constructed on the banks of Hooghly River.

Ladoga, Indiana

The town of Ladoga lays claim to the Chicago World's Fair Ferris wheel.

Melbourne Star

The Melbourne Star (previously Southern Star) is a giant Ferris wheel in the Waterfront City precinct in the Docklands area of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia.


Euler–Bernoulli beam theory

Bridges and buildings continued to be designed by precedent until the late 19th century, when the Eiffel Tower and Ferris wheel demonstrated the validity of the theory on large scales.

but was not applied on a large scale until the development of the Eiffel Tower and the Ferris wheel in the late 19th century.

New Frontier Hotel and Casino

The resort was to feature a 500 foot (152 m) tall Ferris wheel similar in size to the famous London Eye.


see also

Deep Eddy Pool

Other pool amenities included a zip line across the pool and a tall slide, while other attractions included a diving baby and a Ferris wheel.

Ferris Wheel of Paris

Grande Roue de Paris, the 100 metre Ferris wheel built for the Exposition Universelle world exhibition of 1900 and demolished in 1920

Roue de Paris, the 60 metre transportable Ferris wheel erected on the Place de la Concorde for the year 2000 millennium celebrations

George Ferris

George Washington Gale Ferris, Jr. (1859–1896), American inventor of the Ferris wheel

Sky Wheel

Myrtle Beach SkyWheel, a Ferris wheel at Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, US

Niagara SkyWheel, a Ferris wheel at Clifton Hill, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada