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The biggest indoor ferris wheel. Ashgabat, Turkmenistan

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#Ferris #Wheel (#FerrisWhell / #TodaGigante) from the #Chicago World's Fair, 1893. Each of the 36 cars held 60 #people for a total of 2160 #passengers. #Year1893 #Ano1893 #XIX For the World’s Fair of 1893, Chicago planners desperately wanted something to compete with the #Eiffel #Tower (#EiffelTower / #TorreEiffel). The Eiffel Tower had been standing for four years, having been completed for the #Parisian World’s Fair. The city of Chicago #entertained many submissions, but most of the #submitted sketches looked like Eiffel Tower knock-offs and were not very innovative. Along came George Washington Ferris with his submission of a circular construction that moved and was taller than the recently installed #Statue of #Liberty (#StatueOfLiberty / #EstatuaDaLiberdade). The committee originally turned him down as the entire “Ferris Wheel” contraption was deemed #deadly and #wildly #impractical. ... https://www.instagram.com/p/Btbc0EJgEPY/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=qt8owa5k2w16