The first Ferris wheel was built for the 1893 World's Fair, the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. The people who planned the fair were looking for an attraction that would bring people to Chicago. The Eiffel Tower had been a great success for the fair in Paris in 1889, and they...
"Remembering the Legacy of the Ferris Wheel from the 1893 Chicago and 1904 St. Louis World's Fair" The Chicago Columbia Exposition Early in 1891 a group of civic leaders met in Chicago discussed plans for the upcoming World’s Columbia Exposition. At the meetings plans were discussed for diff...