Article: The American Amusement Park Industry.
Business History;  April 1, 1992 ;     700+ words ... ... White City site had an entertainment area called the Midway Plaisance. Above all it had G. W. G. Ferris's 264 foot high Ferris wheel, which Judith Adams regards as the first mechanical device to capture the imagination of a nation and display the use of ...

Article: Is the all-American amusement park safe? Thousands ...
Trial;  June 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... Amusement is also a highly competitive business. Customers are no longer satisfied with the quiet thrill of a spin on the Ferris wheel; they want the tallest and the fastest, and companies struggle to outdo each other to deliver. Until last year, the largest ...

Article: Federal Officials Investigate Safety of Ferris ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  April 29, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... safety of Joyland's 55-year-old Ferris wheel after a girl fell from it and was seriously ... there were no problems found with the Ferris wheel. "It's an unfortunate incident when ... maintenance or construction of Joyland's Ferris wheel, it could order changes to other similar ...

Article: Ferris wheel 'spy-in-the-sky' shows that what goes ...
Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  December 7, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... living as close as 30ft from the towering Ferris wheel it has meant revellers in glass "pods ... account. All we are asking for is for the Ferris wheel to be sited on a different part of the ... would be far too expensive to move the Ferris wheel now, but its location would be reviewed ...

Article: First Ferris wheel foundation fount Construction ...
Chicago Sun-Times;  September 15, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... the foundation for the world's first Ferris wheel just after Labor Day at the Midway Plaisance ... to invade the lunar territory?" The Ferris wheel at Navy Pier is 150 feet high. The ... Japan to 344 feet. The 1893 Chicago Ferris wheel carried more than 2,000 people in ...

Transcript: Profile: Huge Ferris wheel in Paris center of ...
NPR Morning Edition;  January 8, 2002 ;     700+ words ...00-00-0000 Profile: Huge Ferris wheel in Paris center of controversy Host ... of great repute, and since 1999, a Ferris wheel that's become a matter of dispute ... reports. SUSAN STAMBERG reporting: The Ferris wheel sits on the Place de la Concorde, one ...

Article: 100 years and still going around in circles. (Ferris ...
Mechanical Engineering-CIME;  June 1, 1993 ;     700+ words ...A CENTURY AGO this month, the Ferris wheel was unveiled by George Washington Gale ... financing the project. He formed the Ferris Wheel Co. and sold shares to raise the ... the Chicago night. The aptly named Ferris wheel was driven by a single 1000-horsepower ...