The Ferris wheel made its debut 128 years ago on June 21 at the Chicago World's Fair Kate Hogan is Director of Digital Specials and Features at PEOPLE, as well as the editor of Stories to Make You ...

He shipped it the following year to Albany, where the Fair was held. Into the 20 th century, the Post-Standard would comment whenever Chicago was credited for the first Ferris Wheel. "Reporters ...