Ferris Wheel

An amusement device consisting of a giant power driven vertically oriented steel wheel revolvable on its horizontal stationary axle and carrying a number of balanced passenger cars or open seats around its rim the seats are suspended so as to remain horizontal as the wheel rotates and depending on the size of the wheel the passengers when they reach the top may have a grand vista of the surrounding area so called after G W G Ferris American engineer who erected the first of its kind for the Worlds Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893