My first time on a Ferris Wheel was in the 60's. I was eleven (11) yrs old. I rode it with my grandma, who made it memorable. It was in Boulder, CO. The memory still sticks with me today, at age 68.
The biggest Ferris wheel I ever rode on, was the one at Navy Pier, in Chicago, and the one at the LINQ Hotel, in Las Vegas. I still need to see the Millennium Wheel and these other classic ones.
Popular! No doubt gaining more notoriety as generations grow. It is & will always be pleasurable. The height for views, the cooler breeze during a hot crowded area below, the rest away from the rush. A welcoming delight
My Grandparents lived 15 blocks from the Wonder Wheel and the Cyclone roller coaster in Coney Island. I had a great childhood riding both whenever I would visit my grandparents.
The oldest Ferris wheel that’s still standing is the 3rd man wheel in Europe which was retrofitted to be fully electronic although most of it still is the original wood and metal facade. It’s a beautiful piece of history that just refuses to ever come down despite missing a number of cars. Plus you can still ride it although you can’t open the doors like the movie.
A nice report, HOWEVER... It's DEFINITELY a report that got "over-edited" (downsized), and left out important parts of the history of the original Ferris Wheel: The original wheel (at the 1893 Chicago WF) was disassembled and brought to St. Louis, where it was the star of the 1904 World's Fair. - Only after there were "no buyers" for it, was it dynamited for scrap and salvage in May 1906 by its owners, the Chicagh House Wrecking Company.
The wonder wheel isn’t my favorite Ferris wheel although it is nice. I like the slower panoramic ones as you have time to look and admire. There has been a lot of innovation in these just I wish they would do more.
A nice report, HOWEVER... It's DEFINITELY a report that got "over-edited" (downsized), and left out important parts of the history of the original Ferris Wheel: The original wheel (at the 1893 Chicago WF) was disassembled and brought to St. Louis, where it was the star of the 1904 World's Fair. - Only after there were "no buyers" for it, was it dynamited for scrap and salvage in May 1906 by its owners, the Chicagh House Wrecking Company.
George Washington Gale is credited with founding the Illinois city of Galesburg. George Washington Gale Ferris Jr has that namesake because he was born in Galesburg, Illinois. Don't live there anymore, but it's my hometown and there a couple cool claims to fame there
0:48 Hey! That's Paul Durica, one of my Pub Trivia teammates on the Angry Jesuses at the University of Chicago! MVP in Presidential history, Chicago history (of course!), and Literature.
Seattle has a Wheel, a Needle and a Monorail. I remember an episode of “Cheers” where Frasier comments that Seattle is a town that thinks it’s Disneyland! 😂
One of the first wheels in the United States was built in 1848 by Antonio Maguino, who used it to draw crowds to his rural park and picnic grounds in Walton Spring, Georgia. As the concept of mixing amusement rides with park and picnic facilities caught on, several companies began manufacturing wheels of various designs. In 1870, Charles W.P. Dare of Brooklyn made several wood wheels of 20-and 30-ft (6.1-and 9.1-m) diameters, which he sold as the Dare Aerial Swing. The Conderman Brothers of Indiana made an even larger wheel when they developed a 35-ft (10.7-m) metal wheel in the 1880s.
I am TERRIFIED of Ferris wheels. I hate the entire experience, how it feels, etc. You can put me on a rollercoaster going 75 mph, twisting, turning, looping, etc. and I gleefully cackle the entire ride. The minute the Ferris wheel starts moving, it is everything I can do not to cry, get on the floor, and cover my head. 😂
I was excited to see this story because my favorite ride was the double Ferris wheel at the Montana State Fair when I was a child. Alas, no mention of a double wheel. 😞
Wonder Wheel in Coney Island is #1 because you get the option to ride in a car that swings & slides in and out from the center of the wheel and a standard stationary car.
I just dont like stopping at the top and trying not to swing back n forth worrying if the cart will flip backwards. If they could make one that doesnt have to stop while others get on & off, it would be fine with me. I’ve been on the London Eye and that seems more stable. Guess, i will view the Coney Island one from the ground
Your story seems disingenuous. You make it seem like the fairest wheel, spent its entire existence in Chicago when, in fact, it was taken apart and rebuild once in Chicago, then taken apart again, and rebuilt for the 1904 worlds fair in St. Louis Missouri only afterwards was the wheel eventually demolished This day legend has it that parts of the wheel are buried somewhere in Forest Park and you can often see elderly gentleman with metal detectors scanning the park grounds for pieces of the wheel. But instead you jump from Chicago to New Jersey and back again without any mention of its glory days in St. Louis.
Nothing activates my acrophobia like one of those monsters. Slowly rising into the sky in a tiny basket on a ridiculously narrow structure. And then dropping to the ground, just to be swept up again into those dangerous heights. Knowing it’s perfectly safe doesn’t help.
And it stops!!! And the basket swings back and forth! Nothing to hold on tooooo!!!!!! Then it lurches on start up!!! I spent time, with my son at the bottom of the gondola holding onto the seat for dear life!! A pop up one at the State Fair
Glad to know who invented them but I do not like Ferris wheels. The one that Toysrus in times square that was the only one I could ride and the paw patrol one at American dream. I don't care for a regular Ferris wheel
As many times as I've been to the 'rides' in CI, I never wanted to go on the ferris wheel. Having motion sickness is not something to laugh about...especially if I ate something before I'd go on it! lol
My first time on a Ferris Wheel was in the 60's. I was eleven (11) yrs old. I rode it with my grandma, who made it memorable. It was in Boulder, CO. The memory still sticks with me today, at age 68.
The biggest Ferris wheel I ever rode on, was the one at Navy Pier, in Chicago, and the one at the LINQ Hotel, in Las Vegas. I still need to see the Millennium Wheel and these other classic ones.
I lived in Chicago for 5 years, and loved the Navy Pier Ferris Wheel!
Loved the one at Navy Pier!
Magic pieces of Americana. Coincidentally there's also a great one across from the Louvre in Paris!
Popular! No doubt gaining more notoriety as generations grow. It is & will always be pleasurable. The height for views, the cooler breeze during a hot crowded area below, the rest away from the rush. A welcoming delight
Ferris wheels and the Eiffel Tower got me over my fear of heights😃!
We rode on one tonight, in a city called Bursa, in Turkiye. ❤ 4th of July, 2023. Thank you for your invention, Mr. Farris 🙏
LOVE this story!!!!!
Such a young aged man to have lost his life and the future of his invention and the joy it brings to people.
My Grandparents lived 15 blocks from the Wonder Wheel and the Cyclone roller coaster in Coney Island. I had a great childhood riding both whenever I would visit my grandparents.
The oldest Ferris wheel that’s still standing is the 3rd man wheel in Europe which was retrofitted to be fully electronic although most of it still is the original wood and metal facade. It’s a beautiful piece of history that just refuses to ever come down despite missing a number of cars. Plus you can still ride it although you can’t open the doors like the movie.
Excellent story and history of the wheel. Thank you. I never knew how this ride came about.
A nice report, HOWEVER...
It's DEFINITELY a report that got "over-edited" (downsized), and left out important parts of the history of the original Ferris Wheel:
The original wheel (at the 1893 Chicago WF) was disassembled and brought to St. Louis, where it was the star of the 1904 World's Fair.
- Only after there were "no buyers" for it, was it dynamited for scrap and salvage in May 1906 by its owners, the Chicagh House Wrecking Company.
The wonder wheel isn’t my favorite Ferris wheel although it is nice. I like the slower panoramic ones as you have time to look and admire. There has been a lot of innovation in these just I wish they would do more.
A nice report, HOWEVER...
It's DEFINITELY a report that got "over-edited" (downsized), and left out important parts of the history of the original Ferris Wheel:
The original wheel (at the 1893 Chicago WF) was disassembled and brought to St. Louis, where it was the star of the 1904 World's Fair.
- Only after there were "no buyers" for it, was it dynamited for scrap and salvage in May 1906 by its owners, the Chicagh House Wrecking Company.
George Washington Gale is credited with founding the Illinois city of Galesburg. George Washington Gale Ferris Jr has that namesake because he was born in Galesburg, Illinois. Don't live there anymore, but it's my hometown and there a couple cool claims to fame there
Shame they didn't keep it as an attraction like the Eiffel tower 🗼....but that America ...
Rode the sky wheel in Myrtle Beach first time June25 with my daughter loved it
0:48 Hey! That's Paul Durica, one of my Pub Trivia teammates on the Angry Jesuses at the University of Chicago! MVP in Presidential history, Chicago history (of course!), and Literature.
Seattle has a Wheel, a Needle and a Monorail. I remember an episode of “Cheers” where Frasier comments that Seattle is a town that thinks it’s Disneyland! 😂
One of the first wheels in the United States was built in 1848 by Antonio Maguino, who used it to draw crowds to his rural park and picnic grounds in Walton Spring, Georgia. As the concept of mixing amusement rides with park and picnic facilities caught on, several companies began manufacturing wheels of various designs. In 1870, Charles W.P. Dare of Brooklyn made several wood wheels of 20-and 30-ft (6.1-and 9.1-m) diameters, which he sold as the Dare Aerial Swing. The Conderman Brothers of Indiana made an even larger wheel when they developed a 35-ft (10.7-m) metal wheel in the 1880s.
The swinging cars on the Wonder Wheel (Coney) are fun! Scary even.
The Chicago wheel was built. It was taken down. What goes around, comes around.
I am TERRIFIED of Ferris wheels. I hate the entire experience, how it feels, etc. You can put me on a rollercoaster going 75 mph, twisting, turning, looping, etc. and I gleefully cackle the entire ride. The minute the Ferris wheel starts moving, it is everything I can do not to cry, get on the floor, and cover my head. 😂
That makes me happy for some reason. 😂
I was excited to see this story because my favorite ride was the double Ferris wheel at the Montana State Fair when I was a child. Alas, no mention of a double wheel. 😞
Wonder Wheel in Coney Island is #1 because you get the option to ride in a car that swings & slides in and out from the center of the wheel and a standard stationary car.
I feel scared by taking it. But this design is pure magic.
fascinating
A great Pittsburgher.
Myrtle Beach has a nice Ferris wheel.
All I'd want is a doobie! 💚💚💚
So, one could say Ferris's ideas and legacy have .... come full circle?
I just dont like stopping at the top and trying not to swing back n forth worrying if the cart will flip backwards. If they could make one that doesnt have to stop while others get on & off, it would be fine with me. I’ve been on the London Eye and that seems more stable. Guess, i will view the Coney Island one from the ground
Go Pittsburgh!!!
He was my great great uncle
Funny: whenever I hear "Spinning Wheel", I think of a merry-go-round ("ride the painted pony") than a Ferris Wheel.
The Dreamwheel in NJ seems like a better experience than a poorly designed sub to visit the Titanic.
4:31 That's what she said...
Your story seems disingenuous. You make it seem like the fairest wheel, spent its entire existence in Chicago when, in fact, it was taken apart and rebuild once in Chicago, then taken apart again, and rebuilt for the 1904 worlds fair in St. Louis Missouri only afterwards was the wheel eventually demolished
This day legend has it that parts of the wheel are buried somewhere in Forest Park and you can often see elderly gentleman with metal detectors scanning the park grounds for pieces of the wheel.
But instead you jump from Chicago to New Jersey and back again without any mention of its glory days in St. Louis.
No time for that! 😂 nothing exists other than Chicago & NY 😂😅
Nothing activates my acrophobia like one of those monsters.
Slowly rising into the sky in a tiny basket on a ridiculously narrow structure. And then dropping to the ground, just to be swept up again into those dangerous heights.
Knowing it’s perfectly safe doesn’t help.
And it stops!!! And the basket swings back and forth! Nothing to hold on tooooo!!!!!! Then it lurches on start up!!! I spent time, with my son at the bottom of the gondola holding onto the seat for dear life!! A pop up one at the State Fair
I am 63 years old, and I have never been on a ferris wheel.🎡 It looks like sooo much fun, however my fear of heights won't let me venture.
I read that Ferris stole the idea from George Somers. Supposedly he admitted this in court
Idk but I think about CaseOh
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Name of the song singing I’m on the top of the sky?
Blood, Sweat & Tears - Spinning Wheel
3:10 View of the New Jersey Turnpike 😅 Typical of what New Jersey people think is cool..😅 with New York City far, far away...
What happened to the segment about Bruce Lee on this episode?
Why don't we still have world affairs?
I can ride any ride . But I can not ride a farris wheel
why in Gods name did they take it down instead of making it a historical monument?
The movement to preserve historical landmarks didn't start until the 1960s.
Glad to know who invented them but I do not like Ferris wheels. The one that Toysrus in times square that was the only one I could ride and the paw patrol one at American dream. I don't care for a regular Ferris wheel
Fluff.
In a world full of tragedy and angst, we need a little historical " fluff."
The world needs an occasional fluff. Only fed hard news chokes the mind, feed dessert every now and then
….yeah, let’s just have stories about ANOTHER black shooter, ANOTHER black group robbing stores in a “smash and grab”. 🙄🙄🙄
As many times as I've been to the 'rides' in CI, I never wanted to go on the ferris wheel. Having motion sickness is not something to laugh about...especially if I ate something before I'd go on it! lol