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Washington Gale Ferris was born in Galesburg, Illinois in 1859 and he and his family moved to Nevada when Ferris was five years old. He attended high school in Oakland, California before enrolling at Rensselaer Polytechnical Institute in Troy, New York, where he graduated in 1881 with a degree
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had 36 cars, each fitted with 40 revolving chairs and able to accommodate up to 60 people, giving a total capacity of 2,160. When the fair opened, it carried some 38,000 passengers daily, taking 20 minutes to complete two revolutions—the first involving six stops to allow passengers to enter and
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George W. Ferris, who conceived and built the World-famous Ferris wheel died at Mercy
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Ferris returned in a few weeks with several respectable endorsements from established engineers, and the committee agreed to allow construction to begin. Most convincingly, he had recruited several local investors to cover the $ 400,000 cost of construction.
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George W. G. Ferris, the inventor and builder of the Ferris wheel, died to-day at Mercy
Hospital, where he had been treated for typhoid fever for a week. The disease is said to have been brought on through worry over numerous business
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to be held in 1893, in
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1425:List of transportable Ferris wheels
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2769:Preston & Barbieri
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1931:Proposed Ferris wheels
1895:The London Eye Mystery
1017:Zhengzhou Ferris Wheel
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1941:Unbuilt Ferris wheels
1851:Wheels Entertainments
1841:Vekoma (Dutch Wheels)
1239:Myrtle Beach SkyWheel
1201:List of Ferris wheels
1082:Tempozan Ferris Wheel
992:Shanghai Ferris Wheel
982:Changsha Ferris Wheel
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1376:Other types of wheel
1121:Grande Roue de Paris
1062:Redhorse Osaka Wheel
682:Lemelson-MIT Program
678:Inventor of the Week
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350:United States portal
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2779:ProSlide Technology
2566:Charles I. D. Looff
1735:Great Orlando Wheel
1705:Beijing Great Wheel
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1495:Wheel of Birmingham
1490:Royal Windsor Wheel
1259:Uniroyal Giant Tire
1244:Seattle Great Wheel
1007:Suzhou Ferris Wheel
987:Harbin Ferris Wheel
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280:Ferris Wheel (1893)
167:Carson City, Nevada
148:Galesburg, Illinois
54:Galesburg, Illinois
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2864:Universal Creative
2854:Tivoli Enterprises
2590:Eli Bridge Company
2586:Dynamic Structures
2455:Haunted attraction
1802:Eli Bridge Company
1715:Great Berlin Wheel
1515:Wheel of Sheffield
1505:Wheel of Liverpool
755:The New York Times
712:"George W. Ferris"
674:"George W. Ferris"
470:"Federal Register"
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2510:Water ride
2500:Swing ride
2450:Gyro tower
2445:Drop tower
2399:Turbo Drop
2394:Tumble Bug
2349:Swing boat
2339:Super Star
2334:Super Shot
2324:Space Shot
2314:Skycoaster
2199:Matterhorn
2099:Enterprise
2079:Desperados
2034:Breakdance
1917:Categories
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1340:Azerbaijan
1254:Texas Star
1146:London Eye
364:References
250:Pittsburgh
208:Fraternity
142:Early life
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2546:Bertazzon
2440:Dark ride
2294:Scrambler
2264:Red Baron
2179:Log flume
2164:Hurricane
2144:Gravitron
2139:Fun Slide
2114:Fire Ball
2104:Evolution
1632:Ain Dubai
1588:Sky Whirl
1460:Delhi Eye
1446:Australia
1284:Indonesia
1274:Hong Kong
1161:Australia
1131:Eurowheel
1102:Sky Wheel
1088:Singapore
1072:Space Eye
1057:Igosu 108
1027:Ain Dubai
977:Bay Glory
927:Roda Rico
85:Education
2968:Category
2909:Zamperla
2844:Sonacase
2414:The Whip
2374:Top Scan
2319:Skydiver
2289:Round Up
2229:Old Mill
2194:Madhouse
2174:Kamikaze
2129:Freefall
2059:Carousel
2009:Ali Baba
1466:Malaysia
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1209:Americas
932:Rio Star
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400:matters.
336:See also
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113:and the
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2669:Intamin
2619:Funtime
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2384:Tornado
2364:Teacups
2254:Rainbow
2234:Orbiter
2224:Octopus
2209:Monster
2154:Hayride
2134:Frisbee
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1889:(novel)
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1711:Germany
1396:designs
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1324:Eurasia
1155:Oceania
728:June 7,
479:June 9,
205:Chi Phi
197:Oakland
117:concept
2914:Zierer
2874:Vekoma
2714:Kumbak
2424:Zipper
2389:Troika
2354:Tagada
2259:Ranger
2089:Disk'O
2074:Condor
1860:People
1684:Skyvue
1406:wheels
1350:Russia
1298:Amuran
1215:Canada
1117:France
1111:Europe
1098:Taiwan
923:Brazil
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246:bridge
156:Nevada
91:(1881)
2433:Types
2359:Tango
2329:Speed
2284:Rotor
2002:Rides
1721:India
1701:China
1649:China
1456:India
1303:Big O
1294:Japan
1288:J-Sky
1127:Italy
1033:Japan
1023:Dubai
968:China
735:to...
473:(PDF)
320:Death
2940:Fair
2709:KUKA
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1268:Asia
962:Asia
797:2013
784:ISBN
764:2020
730:2008
694:2007
660:2013
634:2013
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533:2012
507:2013
481:2021
455:2013
395:2020
307:The
282:and
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62:Died
56:, US
40:Born
2704:KMG
2404:UFO
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