One of their number, George Washington Gale Ferris Jr., a 33-year-old engineer from Pittsburgh ... and quickly sketched a huge revolving steel wheel. After adding specifications, he shared the ...

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but we can save you some time by telling you right up front that the decades-old ferris wheel never actually rotates more than a few degrees. Though that’s hardly the key failure of this endeavour.

Old Sacramento’s towering Ferris wheel will soon make way for a new Indigenous-themed play space for children, part of a multimillion-dollar revamping of the historic blocks approved by city ...