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Wikipedia: A Ferris wheel (also known as an observation wheel or big wheel) is a nonbuilding structure, consisting of a rotating upright wheel with passenger cars (sometimes referred to as gondolas or capsules) attached to the rim. 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. The term Ferris wheel later came to be used generically for all such structures.
![[Southern Star, Melbourne, Australia, tallest in the Southern Hemisphere]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Southern_Star_Complete_s.jpg "Southern Star, Melbourne, Australia, tallest in the Southern Hemisphere")
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![[The Texas Star illuminated at night]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Texas_Star_Spinning_at_the_Texas_State_Fair_2007_s.jpg "The Texas Star illuminated at night")
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![[Sky Whirl, an Intamin triple wheel]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Sky_Whirl_2_s.jpg "Sky Whirl, an Intamin triple wheel")
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![[Ferris wheel in Ocean City, New Jersey]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Ocean_City_Ferris_Wheel_s.jpg "Ferris wheel in Ocean City, New Jersey")
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 from Troy McCullough |
![[A picture of Ferris wheel]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Olearius_uvesel_s.jpg "A picture of Ferris wheel")
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![[Cyclecide Ferris wheel at 2007 Bumbershoot festival in Seattle]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Cyclecide_ferris_wheel_Bumbershoot07_s.jpg "Cyclecide Ferris wheel at 2007 Bumbershoot festival in Seattle")
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from Dave Cohoe |
![[The former Sun Wheel at Disney's California Adventure Park]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Sun_Wheel_s.jpg "The former Sun Wheel at Disney's California Adventure Park")
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![[Hermann Eccentric Ferris Wheel with sliding cars, from US patent 1354436, 1915]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Ferris_s.jpg "Hermann Eccentric Ferris Wheel with sliding cars, from US patent 1354436, 1915")
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from Kneiphof |
![[Panoramic wheel at the Swedish base at the 21st World Scout Jamboree]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/WSJ2007_Swedish_Wheel_s.jpg "Panoramic wheel at the Swedish base at the 21st World Scout Jamboree")
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