Sri Lanka: Holiday Sports in Ceylon, riding in a circular wheel, 1893. An early Ferris Wheel in colonial Ceylon, portrayed not long after the 1893 Chicago World Fair where Ceylon was represented. The original Ferris Wheel was designed and constructed by George Washington Gale Ferris, Jr. as a landmark for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. The term Ferris wheel later came to be used generically for all such structures. Since the original 1893 Chicago Ferris Wheel, there have been eight subsequent world's tallest-ever Ferris wheels.

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