Editing Ferris Wheel (1893) (section)

== Early history ==
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Before the Ferris wheel, the Eiffel tower stood as a new centerpiece in Paris and an idea that was thought to be needed in the States. [[Gustave Eiffel]] himself amongst other inventors had many ideas as to how they could bring this tower over to the states, but ultimately, [[Daniel Burnham]] thought up the idea of a monumental wheel. When he presented his ideas to a team of metal workers – [[George Washington Gale Ferris Jr.]] and his team – he thought the idea to be unsafe and unable to be done. Ferris kept on with the wheel ideas and proposed a bigger and taller tower, to stand as its own centerpiece at the [[World's Columbian Exposition]]. Once Burnham was off the project, Ferris's team brought the project to life and was able to give this new attraction to 1.4 million people in June of 1893.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Magazine |first=Smithsonian |last2=Malanowski |first2=Jamie |title=The Brief History of the Ferris Wheel |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/history-ferris-wheel-180955300/ |access-date=2023-11-01 |website=Smithsonian Magazine |language=en}}</ref>