KD Sunday Spotlight: The Ferris Wheel & Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - Many people may not know that a favorite ride at any fair or carnival was created right here in Pittsburgh.

And what would George Ferris think of all the wheels around the world today? According to Durica, "George Ferris would not be surprised at all about the popularity of his invention.

The once 60-foot-tall Toys "R" Us Ferris wheel was a Times Square staple for years, but it now serves a very different purpose.

The new attraction now looms over Interstate 35 in downtown Kansas City, with gondola-style cars just added. Here’s what we know about when it will open and how to ride.

A Ferris wheel caught fire during the Highfield Festival in Germany over the weekend, injuring more than 20 people as a result.

Associates with the Ferris wheel had hoped to have the wheel spinning in Pennway Point by mid-December, and they’re still on track to have it operating.

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A Ferris wheel caught fire during a music festival in Germany Saturday night. Multiple people were injured, mostly from smoke inhalation, according to reports.

More than 30 people were injured when a Ferris wheel erupted into flames around 9 p.m. at the Highfield Festival in the eastern city of Leipzig, Germany.

A ferris wheel caught on fire at Leipzig, Germany’s Highfield music festival Saturday, injuring at least 30 people.

But when the fair gates closed, Ferris became immersed in a tangle of wheel-related lawsuits about debts he owed suppliers and that the fair owed him.

Although it's been visible from the ground for months, the 150-foot KC Wheel is now open to ride for a panoramic, albeit obscured, airborne view of Kansas City. With climate-controlled gondolas ...