Save Ferris

This is a photo of George Washington Gale Ferris, Jr., who invented the first official Ferris (duh) wheel for the 1893 Chicago World Exhibition.  He also founded a steel company for bridge builders and railroad contractors in Pittsburgh, PA (represent!).  And now, the really depressing part: he died in 1896 of typhoid fever... :( ...and his ashes waited in a crematorium for someone to claim them for over a year.  Boo. 

But thanks, GW , for bringing us your fabulous wheel!