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Ferris' wonderful wheel
People have been riding the Ferris wheel over and over since 1893, when George Ferris — who studied engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy — showed off the first round giant at the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago. Posted on August 10, 2008.
A unique perspective of Great Escape's Ferris wheel.
The Ferris wheel at Great Escape Six Flags in Lake George is a popular ride and a good way to see the whole park from high up.
"Descriptions, pictures and dimensions all fail of their purpose. The only way in which one may comprehend the vastness, the almost weird wonderfulness of this construction, is to see it. Overshadowing everything else in that part of the World’s Fair region, it grows and grows as one approaches nearer. Finally, it appalls and overwhelms," said Walter Wellman, journalist for Schenectady’s Daily Union newspaper, writing about the Ferris wheel at the Columbian Exposition, seen above, in a story published May 12, 1893
George W. Ferris
At the Saratoga County Fair last month, Amusements of America’s “Giant Ferris Wheel” towered 100 feet above the midway.
William Norris of Amusements of America runs the controls of the Giant Ferris wheel at the Saratoga County Fair.
Seen from another gondola just above them, Tucker Frasier, left, and Matt Kaslauskas of Broadalbin ride the Giant Ferris wheel at the Saratoga County Fair last month.
The London Eye is a slow-moving Ferris wheel that plays host to more than three million visitors a year.
People walk by the Ferris wheel at Hoffman’s Playland in Latham.
A detail of Hoffman's Playland's Ferris wheel, glowing against the early evening sky.
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January 9, 2009
