A rotating attractionAs urbanization grows, so does the demand for new technologies. This demand has not only been met by increasing technology for necessities, but it has also increased technology for pleasure. It was George WG Ferris who prompted this innovation. Inspired by the attraction of the Eiffel Tower, George WG Ferris wanted to create an attraction that would surpass the Eiffel Tower and in doing so he created the very first "Ferris Wheel", which took place in Chicago, during the Universal Columbia Exhibition. . During its opening week, the Big Wheel attracted many guests, which marked its success. After its successful opening, many other cities imitated it due to its widespread appeal. Therefore, advanced technology and the idea of ​​surpassing the Eiffel Tower in 1893 brought more tourism to the city of Chicago. Although the concept of the spinning wheel was already in use, the use of the wheel slowly progressed from work to pleasure; it was used to move water and then as a merry-go-round where riders moved in a horizontal circle (Anderson 7). Later, the wheel turned vertically, and it was in 1860 in France that the French pleasure wheel was inaugurated; man powered this merry-go-round, which is almost the same as the Ferris wheel (Anderson 9). On June 21, 1893, George GW Ferris unveiled his invention of the Ferris wheel; However, there was more work preparing the Ferris wheel than simply unveiling it. Ferris was an engineer born in Galesburg, Illinois, who was hired to create an impressive attraction for the Columbian Exposition (Anderson 16). The Columbian Exposition became one of the largest fairs and expositions in the United States. Competing with exhibitions held recently in France and London...... middle of paper ......necessary to help create the wheel. Before the wheel was built, George W. G. Ferris was only able to attract investors to take care of the $300,000 cost of the wheel (Anderson 16), which was not the full cost of the wheel. Ferris later claimed that planners cheated him out of a $750,000 deal and that he ended up losing money, even though he managed to bring together about 2.5 million people in total to pay to pilot its creation. Ferris was $400,000 in debt (Meehan 6) and eventually died in 1896 of typhoid fever, having still owed money to the planners who helped create the wheel to become as magnificent as the Tower Eiffel. Overall the wheel was a good first time test, but the details could have been planned out more thoroughly. Therefore, although the Ferris wheel became the technological marvel of its time, it brought disaster to its creator..