Ferris was hardly the first to imagine such a wheel. In fact, a carpenter named William Somers was building 50-foot wooden wheels at Asbury Park, Atlantic City and Coney Island; a roundabout ...

But the massive Ferris wheel, one of the largest ever constructed in Japan, won't be going dark without a final showstopper. As a farewell, the amusement ... s car theme park, Venus Fort ...