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TIL the original Ferris Wheel was designed and constructed by George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. as a landmark for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. It was intended to rival the Eiffel Tower, which was the centerpiece of the 1889 Paris Exposition.

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