The World’s Columbian Exposition ended in October 1893. The Ferris Wheel closed in April 1894 and was dismantled and stored until the following year. It was then rebuilt on Chicago’s North Side, near Lincoln Park. Pictured above is the crew working on the Ferris Wheel reconstruction on N. Clark Street c. 1895. Photographer unknown.  Want a copy of this photo? > Visit our Rights and Reproductions Department and give them this number: ICHi-00028 Connect with the Museum

The World’s Columbian Exposition ended in October 1893. The Ferris Wheel closed in April 1894 and was dismantled and stored until the following year. It was then rebuilt on Chicago’s North Side, near Lincoln Park. Pictured above is the crew working on the Ferris Wheel reconstruction on N. Clark Street c. 1895. Photographer unknown. 

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