Editing Ferris Wheel (1893) (section)

==After the Columbian Exposition==
[[File:Chicago, grande roue (1896) - Lumière Brothers (Catalog no. 338).webm|thumb|''[[c:Category:Chicago, grande roue|Chicago, Grande Roue]]'' (1896), Lumière Brothers catalog no. 338)]]
[[File:Original Ferris wheel in Lincoln park, Chicago (edit).jpg|thumb|The Ferris Wheel in [[Lincoln Park, Chicago]], looking north from Wrightwood Avenue]]

The wheel itself closed in April 1894 and was then dismantled and stored until the following year, when it was rebuilt in the [[Lincoln Park, Chicago]], neighborhood.<ref>"Paradises Lost" by Stan Barker in Chicago History March 1993, p. 32</ref> The amusement park was located at 2619 to 2665 N. Clark, which is now the location of a McDonald's and a high-rise residential building.<ref name=ferrisfollowup>{{cite web |url=http://www.hydeparkhistory.org/ferrisfollowup.html |title=Hyde Park Historical Society -Ferris wheel followup article |access-date=2012-05-26 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120514092030/http://www.hydeparkhistory.org/ferrisfollowup.html |archive-date=2012-05-14 }} Hyde Park Historical Society Ferris Wheel Follow-up</ref> The original plan was to include a beer garden and vaudeville show, but the liquor license was not granted.<ref name=ferrisfollowup/> [[William D. Boyce]], then a local resident, filed a Circuit Court action against the owners of the wheel to have it removed, but without success.

In 1896, [[Alexandre Promio]] created a short film for the [[Lumière Brothers]] (catalogue number 338<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x4XeCQAAQBAJ&dq=lumiere+film+336&pg=PA447|title=European Silent Films on Video: A Critical Guide|first=William B.|last=Parrill|year=2006|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786464371|access-date=16 October 2016|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1736561/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1|title=Chicago, grande roue|date=1 January 2000|access-date=16 October 2016|via=IMDb}}</ref>) at the intersection of Wrightwood and Clark that included the Ferris wheel.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://catalogue-lumiere.com/grande-roue/|title=Grande roue|date=3 December 2013|access-date=16 October 2016}}</ref> It is one of the first films of Chicago.

The wheel operated at Clark St. from October 1895 until 1903, when it was purchased at auction by the Chicago House Wrecking Company (CHWC) for $8,150<ref>The Devil in the White City, Erik Larson, p. 380</ref> ({{inflation|US|8150|1903|fmt=eq|r=-1}}).

[[File:Remains of the Ferris Wheel used at the 1904 World's Fair after demolition.jpg|thumb|right|Remains of the Ferris Wheel used at the 1904 World's Fair after demolition]]
It was then dismantled for a second time and transported by rail to [[St. Louis, Missouri|St. Louis]] for the [[Louisiana Purchase Exposition|1904 World's Fair]], where it earned the CHWC about $215,000 ({{inflation|US|215000|1904|fmt=eq|r=-1}}).