* George Ferris, creator of the Ferris Wheel

The landmark of this Fun Fair is the biggest transportable Ferris Wheel in the world ( high ).

The famous Ferris Wheel, which proved to be a major attendance draw and helped save the fair from bankruptcy, was not finished until June, because of waffling by the board of directors the previous year on whether to build it.

The original Ferris Wheel

It included carnival rides, among them the original Ferris Wheel, built by George Ferris.

The importance of the Columbian Exposition is highlighted by the use of " Rueda de Chicago " ( Chicago Wheel ) in many Latin American countries such as Costa Rica and Chile in reference to the Ferris Wheel.

After the Chicago World's Fair it was placed in Ferris Wheel Park for a while, and then move to St. Louis for its World's Fair.

The boardwalk also had the first Roundabout installed in 1892 by William Somers, a wooden predecessor to the Ferris Wheel.

In 1990, Meccano S. A. built a giant Ferris Wheel, in France.

* Read the Ferris Wheel newspaper, 1896 – 1897, hosted by the Portal to Texas History

* Wonder Wheel – built in 1918 and opened in 1920, this steel Ferris wheel has both stationary cars and rocking cars that slide along a track.

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.

Since the original 1893 Chicago Ferris Wheel, there have been eight subsequent world's tallest-ever Ferris wheels.

The original Ferris Wheel, sometimes also referred to as the Chicago Wheel, was the centerpiece of the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois.

Intended to rival the 1889 Paris Exposition's Eiffel Tower, the Ferris Wheel was the Columbian Exposition's largest attraction, with a height of.

The Ferris Wheel was dismantled then rebuilt near Lincoln Park, Chicago, in 1895, and dismantled and rebuilt a third and final time for the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis, Missouri.

The original 1893 Chicago Ferris Wheel

View through the Ferris Wheel

The Ferris Wheel was designed and constructed by George Washington Gale Ferris, Jr., a graduate of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Filming took place at Maine North High School in Des Plaines, Illinois, the same school used for some of the school-based scenes in Hughes's Ferris Bueller's Day Off, which was released just a year after The Breakfast Club.

In 1972, Suchet first met his wife, Sheila Ferris, at the Belgrade Theatre, Coventry, where they were both working ; he says that he fell in love with her as soon as he saw her, and that it took a while to persuade her to go out for a meal with him.

Six years later on May 17, 1949, Governor G. Mennen Williams signed the bill accepting Ferris Institute as a gift to the State of Michigan, which took over its governance on July 1, 1950.

In December, 2003, Bartlett took leave from his Senate leadership after an incident involving Liberal Senator Jeannie Ferris when leaving the Senate chamber after a vote.

Ferris took The Fool back to London, and together they opened a studio, with the Dutch artists producing clothes and art, and Ferris pursuing photography.

A graduate of Yale University ( 1895 ) with a B. A., Ferris subsequently took on the role of writer and lecturer.

* Starman: Ferris Knight is a direct descendant of Ted Knight, although his specific family only took up the Starman legacy starting with his great-grandfather.

In March 1977, Ferris took part in a hunger strike along with 20 other prisoners demanding a public enquiry into conditions in the prison.

The 2004 Formal took the event to the college oval, with dodgem cars, a jumping castle, fire breathers and the largest traveling Ferris wheel in Australia.

Ferris took another nine-wicket haul in the second Test, but again England were victorious, though in the only Test of the 1887 / 88 tour he could manage " only " six as the Englishmen came out on top yet again.

During the period between her endorsement as a candidate for the 1996 election and 1 July 1996, when she took her seat, Ferris was employed by Senator Nick Minchin.

Northern Michigan University, returning to the WCHA after leaving in 1997, was the first to make the announcement on July 20, followed by Alaska – Fairbanks, Ferris State and Lake Superior State on August 26 and Bowling Green on October 4.

The final performance with Powell, Uechi, Zamora, Kilbourne and Mashburn, the last true version of Save Ferris, was held in Culver City on September 20, 2002.

Just four kilometres to run, he broke free to finish 20 seconds ahead of Sam Ferris from Great Britain.

Over the years, changes to the Ferris wheel were made ; the mid-1920s, saw the removal of the observatory owing to insurance concerns, and a reduction in the number of carriages from 20 to 18 owing to the tendency of carriages to lock together when they rocked.

On February 20, 2005, Irish Justice Minister Michael McDowell publicly named Ferris, Gerry Adams, and Martin McGuinness MP, Sinn Féin's chief negotiator, as members of the Army Council during a radio interview.

William Henry Ferris ( born July 20, 1874-died 1941 ) was an author, minister, and scholar.

* Idrees Majeed ( sometimes credited as Drees or Bigg Drees ) of the hip hop trio The 20 / 20 Project attended Widdifield Secondary School from 2000-2002 before transferring to another school located in East Ferris.

Ferris walks Sloane home, before realizing he must get home within five minutes.

" The first cut of Ferris Bueller's Day Off ended up at two hours, 45 minutes.

The man is really a training astronaut named Mike Ferris, confined to an isolation room located within an aircraft hangar for 484 hours and 36 minutes, testing to see if he can stay sane cooped up in a small spacecraft for the duration of a trip to the Moon.

That evening Ferris received a telegram: " The last coupling and final adjustment was made and steam turned on at six o ’ clock this evening one complete revolution of the big wheel was made everything working satisfactory twenty minutes time was taken for the revolution — I congratulate you upon its complete success midway is wildly enthusiastic ".