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Colorized photo from 1893
Original title: Large Ferris wheel at the World's Columbian Exposition
Location: 1130 Midway Plaisance, Chicago, IL
Photographer: Unknown

This was the first Ferris wheel of its kind. Created to rival the Eiffel tower. It stood 264ft tall, and cost 50 cents a ride (about $15 today). The trip took 20 min for twice around the wheel, stopping every 9 minutes to let on and off 6 cars of people. They could carry 1000-2000 people per trip.

The ride was a hit and traveled around till 1906 where it was finally destroyed.

The colors came from nice color prints of the fair I found around the net. They were a creamy yellow with red. The wheel was a green color and the side pieces a brown shade.

The image had a thing on the left that I didn't like, so that was cloned out.

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