“Too fragile,” he said. 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 ...

A new 108ft (33m) tall Ferris wheel is offering visitors "never-seen-before" views of a North Yorkshire cathedral city. The Ripon Big Sky Wheel opened to the public on Saturday and will remain in the ...