The Wheel: Ferris' Big Idea
The First: Stories of Inventions and their Consequences · Greg Young
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Show Notes
01: The first Ferris Wheel was invented to become America's Eiffel Tower, making its grand debut at the Chicago World's Fair of 1893. The wheel's inventor George Washington Gale Ferris was a clever and optimistic soul; he did everything in his power to ensure that his glorious mechanical ride would forever change the world.
That it did, but unfortunately, its inventor paid a horrible price.
FEATURING a visit to one of the most famous wheels in the world and a trip to one of Chicago's newest marvels.