Ferris wheels

Esquema

Getty AAT: Objects Facet

Jerarquía

Built Environment (Hierarchy Name) > Single Built Works (Hierarchy Name) > single built works (Built Environment) > <single built works by specific type> > <single built works by function> > recreation structures > amusement rides

Descripción

Amusement devices consisting of a large power-driven wheel made in two parallel sections having seats suspended between them, the seats maintaining a horizontal position while the wheel rotates in a vertical plane. The first wheel was created by Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania bridge builder George W. Ferris for the 1893 Chicago World's Fair.

URI original del concepto

http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300007315

Otros términos

  • reuzenraden [nl]
  • carruseles [es]
  • Ferris wheel [en]
  • wheel, Ferris [en]
  • wheels, Ferris [en]
  • reuzenrad [nl]
  • carrusel [es]