I did take my point and shoot with me today but I wasn't happy with any of the shots that came out :-(.
The earliest designs of wheels used for amusement rides may have been based on the large, circular wheels used to lift water for irrigation. In fact, knowing the human spirit, it is probable that adventuresome children used these water wheels for entertainment from the time they were first developed in about 200 B.C.
English traveler Peter Mundy described what he called a "pleasure wheel" with swings for seats after he visited a street fair in Turkey in 1620. In England, small handturned wheels were called "ups-and-downs" as early as 1728.
Whatever they were called, amusement wheels found their way to many parts of the world. One of the first wheels in the United States was built in 1848 by Antonio Maguino, who used it to draw crowds to his rural park and picnic grounds in Walton Spring, Georgia. As the concept of mixing amusement rides with park and picnic facilities caught on, several companies began manufacturing wheels of various designs. In 1870, Charles W.P. Dare of Brooklyn made several wood wheels of 20-and 30-ft (6.1-and 9.1-m) diameters, which he sold as the Dare Aerial Swing. The Conderman Brothers of Indiana made an even larger wheel when they developed a 35-ft (10.7-m) metal wheel in the 1880s.
The city where I live, Allen Park, MI USA, is known for our big tire, which in fact used to be a ferris wheel.
yeah using my p&s with my dslr...i am starting to appreciate my dslr a little more. but still I like the angle and I love Ferris Wheels...nice picture.
What a nice shot! I love the angle and the details you got there. I'm not really a fan of ferris wheels since I kind of fear heights, but they sure do look fun!
