Ferris Wheel

[ropingk]

Heh, then I don't recommend you ride the one that's on top of the City Museum building. It's somewhat rickety, and being up on the roof, you feel like you're a long way up there.

But there's some great views from up there, too!

glad you bumped this up i did ride that wheel and OMG was it a HORRABLE time i didnt die btu thats about all i can say

[squeaksman]

I rode the city museum wheel too..... It was actually fun, but as you're going around you realize it's really old and then you notice there are no guards on anything. I was admiring the drive chain within arms reach with no protection what so ever. But, that's the way they built stuff in the day, so you have to respect that.

[ropingk]

and take inot consideration you are on a big peice of steel that is not actually the roof top which was not designed to hold a ferris wheel and also its a really long way to fall

[Nicotti]

The Post Dispatch has a pic story of the Fair and the Ferris Wheel here

[Nicotti]

I kinda wish I was alive then, so I could have this job.

[Eagle90]

Currently, there is an exhibit in the Missouri History Museum at Forest Park about the 1904 fair. Pretty interesting and they have a large floor map of the fair. Quite a few artifacts and even some of the artistic decorations from some of the buildings that they've dug up.

It would be quite interesting to find some of the dump sites and excavate them.

[Nicotti]

https://www.kmov.com/news/story-ferris- ... 97afc.html

[gnomad1]

"Ferris Wheel to be constructed by newly resurrected company, White Star Line."