It is often said that George Ferris got his inspiration for his famous wheel by watching a water wheel by a river. No one knows for sure if that is how it happened, but watch this short clip of a water wheel in action and we certainly can see that is how it might have happened!
This video is part of a lesson in the Maestro Heights eBook, a biography called "George W. G. Ferris, Jr., Civil Engineer and Inventor."
Learn more about the biography book here:
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A lot more about the Ferris Wheel is in another eBook here:
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