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The Man Who Invented the Ferris Wheel: The Genius of George Ferris
George Washington Gale Ferris, Jr. was an American engineer. He graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY, where he was a member of the Rensselaer Society of Engineers, in the class of 1881 with a degree in Civil Engineering. He was made a member of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Alumni Hall of Fame in 1998. He is most famous for creating the original Ferris Wheel for the 1893 Chicago World's Columbian Exposition.
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48 pages, Library Binding
First published September 1, 2013
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November 6, 2020
It all started when my grandson received a wooden model of a Ferris wheel to put together, which included a battery powered motor. He pulled this out on an evening that we were staying with him. And the gluing and discussion started. I found photographs of the World's Fair and the Ferris Wheel, but my curiousity was alerted by some of the articles that accompanied the photos. The logical course was to turn to my library online catalog and order some books that would tell us more about Mr. Ferris and the difficulties of making his dream and our project more memorable.
This book was my favorite. It was simple to read and had photographs the showed the site prep, construction and running of the Ferris Wheel.
The model is still on the mantle at his house and I think we all had a good time. And it really worked.
This book was my favorite. It was simple to read and had photographs the showed the site prep, construction and running of the Ferris Wheel.
The model is still on the mantle at his house and I think we all had a good time. And it really worked.
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