PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - Many people may not know that a favorite ride at any fair or carnival was created right here in Pittsburgh. We're talking, of course, about the Ferris wheel. It's the 131st ...

Trivia Fact: George Ferris built the world’s first Ferris wheel for the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago, The fair runs through Sept. 15 at Chilhowee Park.

That’s what you will experience atop the Hoosier Cruiser Super Wheel, a 150-foot behemoth that puts the Ferris wheel over on the Indiana State Fair's Midway to shame. The observation wheel is new to ...

If there was a Ferris wheel when the carnival returned with a rain-plagued Missoula County Fair in 1954, it didn’t make the paper. Same’s true for the next three years.

It was erected in honor of George Ferris, who graduated from RPI in 1881. He designed and built the first Ferris wheel for the 1893 World Fair in Chicago.

Then there was the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago, showcasing America’s developing maturity as a nation and bringing the world its first Ferris wheel, and the 1904 St. Louis installment ...

Space Wheels, the quadruple Ferris wheel that broke, was originally built in 1968 for the Santa Monica pier in California, Buchanan said. "It's the only one of its kind in the world," Buchanan said.

Fair crowds will see a pig with a flicking tail, the Statue of Liberty and a sparkling Ferris wheel — all while country and patriotic anthems play over the sound system throughout the fairgrounds.

The future of one of Pelham’s most popular traditions is uncertain, as city leaders say the Oak Mountain State Fair is ...