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They Lost a 70-Ton Ferris Wheel Axle

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A famous photo of the Chicago World’s Fair where the whole background looks drawn in. A “temporary” building that’s still standing downtown. And the very first Ferris wheel: a 70-ton axle, taken apart, hauled from Chicago to St. Louis in 1904, then misplaced and found buried years later.

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