Ferris was hardly the first to imagine such a wheel. In fact, a carpenter named William Somers was building 50-foot wooden wheels at Asbury Park, Atlantic City and Coney Island; a roundabout ...

Ferris constructed the world's first Ferris wheel ... Wheel at Coney Island. Introduced in 1920 at a height of 150 feet, it is still taking passengers for a wild ride in its swinging cars (as ...