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$1.3M Old Sacramento construction in June will see removal of Ferris wheel, schoolhouse
A children’s play area on the Old Sacramento waterfront, designed in partnership with Native American tribes, is projected to ...
Smithsonian Magazine1mon
The Brief History of the Ferris Wheel
One of their number, George Washington Gale Ferris Jr., a 33-year-old engineer from Pittsburgh ... was building 50-foot wooden wheels at Asbury Park, Atlantic City and Coney Island; a roundabout ...
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Old Sacramento's Ferris wheel and replica historic schoolhouse to be removed
The Ferris wheel, which will be dismantled, arrived as part of the effort to get visitors back to Old Sacramento during the COVID-19 pandemic. City officials say the new children's play area is ...
Old Sacramento to say goodbye to Ferris wheel; children’s play area to be built in its place
Old Sacramento’s towering Ferris wheel will soon make way for a new Indigenous-themed play space for children, part of a ...
Sacramento Bee2mon
Old Sacramento to say goodbye to Ferris wheel, schoolhouse; children’s play area to be built
Old Sacramento’s towering Ferris wheel will soon make way for a new Indigenous-themed play space for children, part of a multimillion-dollar revamping of the historic blocks approved by city ...
Smithsonian Magazine11mon
The Brief History of the Ferris Wheel
One of their number, George Washington Gale Ferris Jr., a 33-year-old engineer from Pittsburgh ... was building 50-foot wooden wheels at Asbury Park, Atlantic City and Coney Island; a roundabout ...