The Man Who Invented the Ferris Wheel

George Washington Gale Ferris, Jr. was an American engineer. He graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY, where he was a member of the Rensselaer Society of Engineers, in the class of 1881 with a degree in Civil Engineering. He was made a member of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Alumni Hall of Fame in 1998. He is most famous for creating the original Ferris Wheel for the 1893 Chicago World's Columbian Exposition.

• Publication Date: 09/01/2013
• Copyright: 2014
• Pages: 48
• Trim Size: 7 1/2 x 9
• Illustrations: Illus. with color and black-and-white photographs and illustrations
• Grade Level: 3–4
• Age Level: 8–9
• LC Number: 2012013976
• Lexile: 790
• ATOS Reading Level: 4.7
• ATOS Points: 0.5
• Quiz #: 162474
• AR Interest Level: MG
• Dewey: 624.1092