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	The Ferris Wheel
		The Ferris Wheel was the engineering highlight of the exposition and one of the most pervasive, lasting influences of the 1893 fair.
		The Ferris Wheel was Chicago's answer to the Eiffel Tower, the landmark of the 1889 Paris exhibition.
		The wheel itself had a diameter of 250 feet, a circumference of 825 feet, and the maximum height was 264 feet.
	users.vnet.net /schulman/Columbian/ferris.html (222 words)

	How ferris wheel is made - Background, History, Raw materials, Design, The manufacturing process of ferris wheel, ...
		A ferris wheel is an amusement park ride consisting of a large vertical wheel with places for people to sit or stand spaced evenly around the outer circumference.
		In operation, the ferris wheel revolves about a horizontal axis, and the riders are alternately lifted and then lowered as they are carried around the wheel in a circle.
		Ferris wheels that are designed to be transported on the road from one location to another must conform to the overall width, height, and length restrictions for highway vehicles.
	www.madehow.com /Volume-6/Ferris-Wheel.html (2212 words)

	Chicago's Great Ferris Wheel of 1893
		Ferris decided that this was the proper time and the opportunity he had been looking for to build his Great Wheel and he at once set about this monumental task.
		FERRIS WHEEL IS BLOWN UP Blown to pieces by a monster charge of dynamite, the Ferris wheel came to an ignominious end yesterday at St. Louis, after a varied career of thirteen years.
		Ferris and his great wheel were gone but he had left, as a legacy to generations of entertainment-seekers, the World's Greatest Ride.
	www.hydeparkhistory.org /newsletter.html (3048 words)

	Ferris wheel - Encyclopedia.com
		This wheel was 250 ft (76 m) in diameter and carried 36 cars with a seating capacity of 40 passengers each; its total weight was 220 tons.
		A Ferris wheel in Yokohama, Japan, is 344 ft (105 m) high; the largest in the United States is the Texas Star in Dallas, at 212 ft (65 m).
		Ferris wheels may be found at many exhibitions, fairs, and carnivals.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-Ferriswh.html (494 words)

	Ferris wheel history
		The Ferris wheel is the largest part of the carnival, and an American expression of freedom.
		Ferris concluded that a vertical wheel would make the same splash as a horizontal one, and he set about drawing up plans for a wheel that would make every wheel known to man look small.
		The Ferris Wheel was powered by 2,000 engine worth of horsepower, and it contained 36 wooden cars that were suspended by iron clamps to the structure of the Wheel and axle.
	ak.essortment.com /historyferrisw_rkkj.htm (533 words)

	Ferris wheel
		A Ferris wheel is an amusement ride consisting of an upright wheel with passenger gondolas around the rim.
		The earliest ancestor of the Ferris wheel is the Ups-and-Downs, a crude, hand-turned device, which dates back at least to the 17th century and is still in use in some parts of the world.
		Currently, the largest Ferris wheel is the London Eye, at 120 meters (393 feet).
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/fe/Ferris_wheel.html (116 words)

	Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > Ferris Wheel
		A Ferris wheel is an amusement ride consisting of an upright wheel with passenger gondolas around the rim.
		The earliest ancestor of the Ferris wheel is the Ups-and-Downs, a crude, hand-turned device, which dates back at least to the 17th century and is still in use in some parts of the world.
		Currently, the largest Ferris wheel is the London Eye, at 120 meters (393 feet).
	www.kids.net.au /encyclopedia-wiki/fe/Ferris_Wheel (141 words)

	Ferris wheel. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		This wheel was 250 ft (76 m) in diameter and carried 36 cars with a seating capacity of 40 passengers each; its total weight was 220 tons.
		The world’s largest Ferris wheel is that in London (1999), measuring 443 ft (135 m).
		A Ferris wheel in Yokohama, Japan, is 344 ft (105 m) high; the largest in the United States is the Texas Star in Dallas, at 212 ft (65 m).
	www.bartleby.com /65/fe/Ferriswh.html (207 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Ferris wheel
		A Ferris wheel (or, more commonly in the UK, big wheel) is a nonbuilding structure consisting of an upright wheel with passenger gondolas suspended from the rim.
		Ferris wheels are a common type of amusement park ride and may also be found at many urban parks and public places around the world.
		Another famous Ferris wheel with a height of 65 meters (213 feet), dating back to 1897, is the Riesenrad in Vienna's Prater in the second district of Leopoldstadt.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Ferris_Wheel (1346 words)

	Mr. Ferris' Rides (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Ferris has an idea for a new type of amusement ride. It will be a giant "wheel" on which people can ride in seats suspended along its perimeter. His initial concept is to use a wheel that has a radius of 10 meters with its bottom standing 1 meter off of the ground.
		Ferris decided to upgrade his Ferris wheel, but forgot to give you the updated specs. To determine the changes, you decide to ride the wheel and take some measurements which are listed in the following table.
		Ferris has once again decided to change his wheel. Instead of having his passengers embark at the bottom of the wheel, they will now get on after the wheel has completed an 8th of a turn with respect to the original lowest position - the bottom of the circle.
	www.algebralab.org /practice/practice.aspx?file=Calculator_MrFerris.xml (841 words)

	FERRIS WHEEL
		There are vertical wheels at the sea shore, and some of their kind have been brought to the World's fair and may be seen outside the fair gates taking passengers round at the old rate of a nickel a ride.
		He said he would build a wheel that would astonish the world, and by the side of the little wheels of the sea shore be as the ocean itself to a mill pond.
		The lower half of the wheel simply hangs from the mighty axle, and this lower half supports the upper half by means of the steel framework of its two rims.
	members.tripod.com /elephant-for-elijah/ferris_wheel.htm (2297 words)

	Inventor of the Week: Archive
		Ferris' wheel was modeled on a bicycle wheel: as spokes to maintain the wheel's shape and balance, it had heavy steel beams; the "forks" in which the axle was set were two steel girder pyramids.
		The wheel was 264 feet high, the supporting towers were 140 feet high, and the axle - the largest piece of steel ever forged in the US - weighed 46 1/2 tons.
		Ferris' innovative design, a model of efficiency, let the wheel withstand Chicago's infamous winds while being able to hold about five times the 1,200 tons that it did carry fully loaded.
	web.mit.edu /invent/iow/ferris.html (557 words)

	Galesburg's Big Wheel
		Ferris claimed that he developed the concept for the Ferris wheel while at a dinner in Chicago.
		Ferris took the opportunity to load himself, his wife, and a reporter onto the wheel and endured 110 mile per hour winds at the top of the wheel.
		The smaller Ferris wheels can be seen and experienced at county and state fairs, where they cater to those of us who prefer to be thrilled but not scared to death.
	www.thezephyr.com /archives/bigwheel.htm (1093 words)

	Ferris wheel Summary
		Ferris wheels are a common feature of amusement park rides and may also be found at many urban parks and public places around the world.
		The wheel was moved twice after the 1893 Fair and was eventually destroyed (by controlled demolition) in 1904 after it was used at the St. Louis exposition of that year.
		Some people consider Ferris wheels to be a distinct category from observation wheels, of which the London Eye is currently the largest example in the world.
	www.bookrags.com /Ferris_wheel (1017 words)

	The Wharf -- Orange Beach Alabama -- Ferris Wheel
		The Ferris wheel is over 112 feet and was made by Italy's Technical Park It will hold 140 people in 24 gondolas.
		The Ferris Wheel is located next to the Rave Movie Theater.
		The wheel’s design, which was inspired by The Wharf and the surrounding waterways, includes a wood-grained ships wheel and is bordered by thousands of clear lights.
	www.thewharf-orangebeach.com /ferris-wheel.html (91 words)

	Ferris Wheel \| World of Invention
		A Ferris wheel is a carnival ride consisting of a large, vertical wheel rotating around an axle, invented by engineer George Washington Gale Ferris for the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois, in 1893.
		Ferris was born February 14, 1859, in Galesburg, Illinois.
		The combination of its lights and the rhythm of its whirling motion was similar to the visual impact of a steam-driven paddle wheel.
	www.bookrags.com /research/ferris-wheel-woi (279 words)

	A Timeline -- THE HISTORY OF THE FERRIS WHEEL
		An example of a wheel of this sort is the cattle driven water wheel.
		He planned for the wheel to be 250 feet across and be supported by two towers that were 140 feet across.
		This wheel could hold 30 passengers, 10 that were first class and five that were smokers.
	web.bryant.edu /~ehu/h364proj/sprg_98/lynch/timeline.htm (392 words)

	The Dream City: The Ferris Wheel
		THE FERRIS WHEEL - The chief wonder of the Fair of 1893 was the work of George Washington Gale Ferris, a man born west of Chicago.
		The characteristic of the Ferris Wheel is its tension spokes - that is, the spokes that are really in use are always stretched, and only the spokes below the axle are in use; by holding up the lower arc of the wheel, they support the upper arc, making a perpetual arched bridge.
		There are cogs on the edges of this vast double wheel, and these cogs work by chains into the cogs of a train of lesser wheels, so that the device is like a clock-train.
	columbus.gl.iit.edu /dreamcity/00024024.html (259 words)

	Section 11: The Double Ferris Wheel Investigation (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The first Ferris wheel was constructed in 1893 for the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago as an answer to the Eiffel Tower attraction built for the 1889 Universal Exposition in Paris.
		George Washington Ferris was the creator of the wheel which was as high as a 26 story building and could carry 2160 people at one time in its 36 cars.
		The radius of the original Ferris wheel was 125 feet with the center of the wheel located 133 feet off the ground.
	courses.ncssm.edu /goebel/imp/ferris/slow/html/ferris_1.html (315 words)

	Ferris Wheel Multiplication
		George Ferris, a bridge builder, was hired to build a structure to rival the Eiffel Tower.
		This Ferris Wheel was as large as a 26 story building.
		The original Ferris Wheel was dismantled at the end of the exposition.
	hansen.freehosting.net /ferriswheel.html (1002 words)

	Section 11: The Double Ferris Wheel Investigation (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The first Ferris wheel was constructed in 1893 for the Columbian Exposition in Chicago as an answer to the Eiffel Tower attraction built for the 1889 Universal Exposition in Paris.
		The rider would start on the bottom of the wheel (relative to the center of the wheel) and would end up moving to the top of the wheel and then back to the bottom, even though the wheel itself was fixed to the bar.
		If a rider wanted to stay at the very bottom of the wheel as the bar rotated, the wheel would have hang completely free (like the individual cars on the Ferris wheel do) and be weighed on the bottom so that the bottom always was closest to the earth.
	courses.ncssm.edu /goebel/imp/ferris/Word/ferris.html (1594 words)

	CNN.com - Final turn for Paris ferris wheel - January 21, 2002
		The 60-metre (190-foot) high Millennium Wheel has for the last few days been attracting scores of tourists and Parisians eager to enjoy for the last time panoramic views over the French capital.
		The wheel in the shadow of the tower (January 11)
		Dismantling the wheel, which was erected at the bottom of the Champs Elysees avenue in 1999 as part of the French capital's millennium celebrations, will take 20 people two to three weeks.
	archives.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/europe/01/21/france.wheel/index.html (395 words)

	Ferris Wheel
		The Ferris wheel is an amusement park ride that is a lot like the carousel.
		On the top of a Ferris wheel, you feel a force pushing you outward, centripetal force, due to inertia and Newton's first law.
		When you reach the bottom of the Ferris wheel, the ride becomes a little more exciting due to that fact that both those forces, rotation and weight, combine to result in a greater acceleration.
	www.mrfizzix.com /amusementparks/ferris_wheel.html (306 words)

	Halfbakery: Ferris Wheel on a Roll
		As in Steven Spielberg's "1941", where the ferris wheel comes off its moorings and rolls away (suspicious though that all the illuminations on the wheel remain lit...).
		Reversing the wheel at the end of the route would mean the cars left behind during the first trip could remain where they were deposited, to be picked up again.
		The rails were raised up, about ten feet, and the ferris wheel had a smaller rim on it, only a bit smaller, and this is what the wheel rode on.
	www.halfbakery.com /idea/Ferris_20Wheel_20on_20a_20Roll (1342 words)

	Jo Goes to Navy Pier on the lakefront in Chicago
		It stands 148 feet tall and was modeled after the first ferris wheel built for the 1893 World Columbian Exposition.
		Each little car on the ferris wheel holds 4 to 6 people, depending on how wide you are...
		In addition to the ferris wheel, there's a carousel, a cliff climbing structure, a 3-D time travel ride taking you through the past, present and future of Chicago, and the Chicago Children's Museum.
	www.jotravels.com /navypier (648 words)

	iFairground > History > Ferris Wheel Research - Page 2
		The wheel was assembled piece by piece in Detroit, Michigan and sent to Chicago in 150 railroad cars in the end of March.
		The circumference of the wheel was an astounding 825 feet, and the entire structure itself was 264 feet.
		This wheel was the largest in operation until another one in Japan was built that was 208 feet.
	library.thinkquest.org /C002926/history/ferris2.html (512 words)

	The Ferris Wheel (Site not responding. Last check: )
		A view of the Ferris Wheel on the midway, the star attraction of the 1893 World's Fair.
		George W. Ferris invented the wheel specifically for the fair, as an answer to France's Eiffel Tower.
		The wheel was a wondrous feat of engineering: supported by two 140-foot steel towers and connected by a 45-foot axle, it was the largest single piece of forged steel ever made at the time.
	www.randomhouse.com /crown/devilinthewhitecity/ferris.html (105 words)

	Celebrating the Louisiana Purchase (1904 World's Fair) -- Mr. Ferris' Wheel
		Jerusalem and the Ferris wheel from balcony of West Pavilion, Louisiana Purchase Exposition
		One of the attendant's duties was to calm passengers when a surprise storm approached or when electricity to the wheel went out and the wheel stopped moving.
		In the years that followed, some pieces of the Ferris wheel were dug up in Forest Park.
	exhibits.slpl.org /lpe/data/lpe240022874.asp?Image=78887608 (327 words)

	CNN.com - Paris ferris wheel comes down - January 24, 2002
		The 60-metre (200-foot) tall attraction was the subject of a dispute between the ride's owner and the city's mayor, who said earlier this month that the wheel had outstayed its welcome at the historic Place de la Concorde.
		Owner Marcel Campion, who faced fines of 15,000 euros ($13,400) a day after losing a court battle with authorities, agreed last week to dismantle the wheel after the mayor said the wheel could be re-erected in the city.
		The Ferris wheel was set up as part of the city's millennium festivities.
	archives.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/europe/01/24/france.ferris/index.html (428 words)

	China claims world's largest Ferris wheel - Boston.com
		China is reaching for the stars with the opening of what it says is the world's tallest Ferris wheel in the country's south.
		BEIJING --China is reaching for the stars with the opening of what it says is the world's tallest Ferris wheel in the country's south.
		The wheel is a full 82 feet taller than the London Eye on the banks of the River Thames in London which, according to the Guinness World Records, is the current record holder.
	www.boston.com /news/odd/articles/2006/05/02/china_claims_worlds_largest_ferris_wheel (261 words)

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