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Ferris wheel
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amusement ride
A Ferris wheel is a large rotating amusement ride with passenger cabins attached to its rim that carries people high into the air for views and entertainment. It matters as one of the most iconic and widely recognized amusement attractions that has provided recreation and memorable experiences to millions of people around the world.
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The entry is geolocated on the map in landmark, across 50 mapped points.
It is catalogued under topics including 1893 introductions, American inventions and Ferris wheels.
Its subject is documented across 57 Wikipedia language editions.
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- wheel
- Named after
- George Washington Gale Ferris, Jr.
- Image
- MUC OFest RiesnradTags 2012.JPG
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- Commons category
- Ferris wheels
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- Category:Ferris wheels
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- Ferris wheel
- time of discovery or invention
- 1893-00-00
- discoverer or inventor
- George Washington Gale Ferris, Jr.
- has list
- list of Ferris wheels
- hashtag
- Riesenrad
- OpenStreetMap tag
- attraction=big_wheel
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Encyclopedic overview
Ain Dubai, the world's largest Ferris wheel since 2021, in Dubai. A Ferris wheel (also called a big wheel, giant wheel or an observation wheel) is an amusement ride consisting of a rotating upright wheel with multiple passenger-carrying components (commonly referred to as passenger cars, cabins, tubs, gondolas, capsules, or pods) attached to the rim in such a way that as the wheel turns, they are kept upright, usually by gravity. Some of the largest modern Ferris wheels have cars mounted on the outside of the rim, with electric motors to independently rotate each car to keep it upright.
The original Ferris Wheel was designed and constructed by George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. as a landmark for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, although much smaller wooden wheels of a similar idea predate Ferris's wheel, dating perhaps to the 1500s. The generic term "Ferris wheel" is now used in American English for all such structures, which have become a very common type of amusement ride at amusement parks, state fairs, and other fairs or carnivals in the United States.
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