from the dishwasher to the electric chair. All sorts of innovators and inventions were introduced at the World's Fair. But the star of the show was the Ferris Wheel. - [Paul] As the Ferris Wheel ...

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute students and staff enjoy rides on a Ferris wheel that was brought onto the RPI campus to help celebrate the university’s 200th anniversary on Friday, during a ...

“Too fragile,” he said. Ferris was hardly the first to imagine such a wheel. In fact, a carpenter named William Somers was building 50-foot wooden wheels at Asbury Park, Atlantic City and ...

It’s a carnival and fair staple… the Ferris wheel! George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. graduated from RPI in 1881 and later invented the Ferris wheel in 1893. Chris Letchford, a professor and ...

The iconic Palisades Center Ferris wheel will celebrate its official reopening in a special ceremony Saturday, Jan. 18, after being closed for nearly five years. The Ferris wheel, which is ...