The Ferris Wheel Was Designed To Show Up The Eiffel Tower (Cool Weird Awesome 906)

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Today in 1892, an engineering team working on Chicago’s Columbian Exposition approved a design for a giant metal wheel that could give rides to passengers. Here's the story of the Ferris wheel and how it was partly intended to one-up a certain iconic structure from the previous World's Fair.