Photo Provided The BIG wheel, a highlight of the 1892-93 World’s Fair and Exposition held at Chicago, was built by George Washington Gale Ferris ... November 5, 1893. For rates of fare ...

America hosted the World's Fair of 1893 as a celebration of Columbus ... feature from afar was George Washington Gale Ferris's gigantic wheel ride -- the first Ferris wheel ever built.

The Ferris wheel debuted at at Chicago's 1893 Columbian Exposition. To outdo the Eiffel Tower, the landmark attraction at the previous World's Fair, designer George Ferris built a 250-foot ...