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Ferris Wheel

the original Ferris Wheel, designed and built as the centerpiece of the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois
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Ferris Wheel
C. D. Arnold (1844-1927); H. D. Higinbotham · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Ferris Wheel

Summary

Ferris Wheel is a Ferris wheel[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of ferris_wheel entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (363 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Ferris Wheel is in the country of United States[3].
  • Ferris Wheel's image is recorded as The Ferris Wheel — Official Views Of The World's Columbian Exposition — 91 (cropped).jpg[4].
  • Ferris Wheel's instance of is recorded as Ferris wheel[5].
  • Ferris Wheel's instance of is recorded as first[6].
  • Ferris Wheel's instance of is recorded as destroyed building or structure[7].
  • George Washington Gale Ferris, Jr. is named after Ferris Wheel[8].
  • Ferris Wheel's designed by is recorded as George Washington Gale Ferris, Jr.[9].
  • Ferris Wheel's Commons category is recorded as Ferris Wheel (1893)[10].
  • Ferris Wheel's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/09k66mb[11].
  • Ferris Wheel's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Ferris-wheel[12].
  • Ferris Wheel's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Ferris Wheel'}[13].
  • Ferris Wheel's height is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+75'}[14].

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Geography

Ferris Wheel is in the country of United States[3].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include Ferris wheel[5], first[6], and destroyed building or structure[7].

History and Context

George Washington Gale Ferris, Jr. is named after Ferris Wheel[8].

Why It Matters

Ferris Wheel ranks in the top 5% of ferris_wheel entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (363 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

Related Entities

United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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