Colin Bisset's Iconic Designs: the Ferris Wheel - a podcast by ABC Radio

The organisers of the Chicago World Columbian Exposition of 1893 wanted something that would capture the world's attention in the way the Eiffel Tower had at the last World Fair of 1889. George W Ferris, a civil engineer, proposed a giant revolving wheel.

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