U.S. Census Bureau Daily Feature for Feb. 17: Ferris Wheels
U.S. Newswire › February 16, 2006
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Following is the daily "Profile America" feature for Feb. 17 from the U.S. Census Bureau:
Profile America - Friday, February 17th. The town of Galesburg, Illinois, is noted for its Victorian homes and brick streets. One of them is Ferris Street, named for George Washington Gale Ferris, born this week in 1859. An accomplished civil engineer, he is best remembered for a sensational invention he produced as part of the Chicago Exposition of 1893 - the Ferris Wheel. It was a major attraction of the fair and was viewed as America's answer to the Eiffel Tower. The Chicago Ferris Wheel was 250 feet in diameter and had 36 coaches, each capable of carrying 40 people. Today, even with ever more strenuous rides grabbing the publicity, Ferris wheels are still a part of most of the country's nearly 700 amusement parks, where we pay more than 8-billion dollars a year to be entertained. You can find these and more facts about America from the U.S. Census Bureau on the Web at http://www.census.gov .See the full content of this document
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