NATIONAL FERRIS WHEEL DAY
February 14th is the annual celebration of the National Ferris Wheel Day. This “unofficial” holiday is held on this day to honor the birth of the inventor of the Ferris Wheel, George Washington Gale Ferris, Jr.
This first Ferris Wheel was invented for the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois.
The original Ferris Wheel was sometimes also referred to as the Chicago Wheel.
The Ferris Wheel was the largest attraction at the Columbian Exposition with a height of 264 ft.
It has been dismantled and moved to the 1904 World’s Far in St Louis Missouri and there it was demolished in 1906.
Today the Ferris Wheel is still a popular ride in amusement parks and carnivals around the world.
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