But when the fair gates closed, Ferris became immersed in a tangle of wheel-related lawsuits about debts he owed suppliers and that the fair owed him. In 1896, bankrupt and suffering from typhoid ...
The first Ferris wheel debuted in Chicago in the late 19th century. In a way, it was America’s response to the Eiffel Tower, erected in Paris one year prior. As the Chicago World’s Fair ...