With summer officially just around the corner, fairs and carnivals will soon be cropping up across the nation, and a highlight of any midway is the Ferris wheel. Designed by George W. G. Ferris, who graduated from Rensselaer in 1881, the iconic wheel is marking its 130th anniversary this year, having made its debut at the World's Columbian Exhibition in Chicago in 1893.
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