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Author:
Weingardt, Richard.
Title:
Circles in the sky : the life and times of George Ferris / Richard G. Weingardt.
Publisher:
American Society of Civil Engineers,
Copyright Date:
c2009
Description:
xx, 162 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Subject:
Ferris, George Washington Gale,--1859-1896.
Civil engineers--United States--Biography.
Ferris wheels--History.
World's Columbian Exposition--(1893 :--Chicago, Ill.)
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Legendary he was -- Westward to the colonies -- Taming the prairie -- Carson Valley to Troy -- Founding of a firm -- Building big bridges -- Piercing challenge -- Incredible wheel -- Lawsuits and ruin.
ISBN:
0784410100
9780784410103
OCLC:
(OCoLC)310224955
LCCN:
2009007618
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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