The world's first Ferris wheel

The Ferris wheel is popular and beloved by everyone from small to big, attraction. Hardly any in any major city in the Central rest Park set is a well-known construction, and in Moscow, for example, and all those seven pieces. The first Ferris wheel appeared in America, in 1893, the year, and was intended to become a worthy answer ... the Eiffel tower. The fact that in 1893, Chicago hosted the world fair, ambitious and enterprising Americans simply had to impress the world with no less than the French, who built the previous world fair in Paris, a giant metal Eiffel tower.

Huge forged wheel axle.

Local is the way wheels were very popular.

Keywords: The 19th century Ferris wheel | Building | Chicago

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