[DOC] [TLE] This question originally aired on November 21,... | Jeopardy ... [PAR] ... on November 21, 2005 Category: AMERICANA Question: Eli Bridge builds 
amusement rides like this one that's been making the rounds since 1893 Answer: 
a... [DOC] [TLE] Eli Bridge Company :: Jacksonville, IL :: Company History [PAR] In 1893, W.E. Sullivan visited the Columbian Exposition, where he marveled at ... 
As he took his first ride on Mr. Ferris' Wheel, little did he know that his life ... 
Sullivan remained fascinated by the Wheel and was determined to build one of 
his own. ... the railroad tracks, and has been doing business at that address ever 
since. [DOC] [TLE] Eli Bridge Company :: Jacksonville, IL :: Ferris Wheels [PAR] At Eli Bridge Company, we aim high when it comes to craftsmanship, quality and 
... Series BIG ELI Eagle 16 Electric Rim-Drives, our rides have been longtime 
favorites ... us a firm foundation to build upon and to meet the demands of the 
future. ... Our Next Generation Mobile Scrambler is one of the flashiest high-
capacity... [DOC] [TLE] Eli Bridge Company :: Jacksonville, IL :: Amusement Rides [PAR] Eli Bridge can customize the color and/or lighting of any ride to suit your ... Please 
call us at 217-245-7145 in the Jacksonville, Illinois area or at 1-800-274-0211. [DOC] [TLE] America's Eiffel Tower | Invention and Technology [PAR] That summer, excited tourists waited in line for the ride of a lifetime on Ferris's big 
... Like his famous wheel, Ferris's career had ascended to exhilarating heights, 
where ... After graduation he worked on road, trestle, and bridge projects in New 
York, ... His claim of completing the details in one afternoon must have been an... [DOC] [TLE] Ferris wheel - Wikipedia [PAR] A Ferris wheel is a nonbuilding structure consisting of a rotating upright wheel 
with multiple ... Since the original 1893 Chicago Ferris wheel there have been 
nine world's ... ...like a Craine wheele att Customhowse Key and turned in that 
Manner, ... But the wheel turned round so rapidly that a Greek who was sitting 
near me... [DOC] [TLE] Old-Fashioned Fairway Rides Are Regaining Old Cachet - The New ... [PAR] May 20, 2001 ... Yet the Ferris wheel continues to be one of the most popular rides at any ... While 
a few small vertical wheels had been in operation, the wheel designed by Ferris 
... Since then, Eli Bridge has built more than 1,200 Ferris wheels, which ... can 
build up a bit of steam, making five to seven revolutions a minute. [DOC] [TLE] How ferris wheel is made - material, making, history, used, parts ... [PAR] The earliest designs of wheels used for amusement rides may have been ... 
Designed like a bicycle wheel, with a stiff steel outer rim hung from the center 
axle by ... of making a smaller wheel that could be taken down and moved from 
one park or ... In 1906 he formed the Eli Bridge Company and started 
manufacturing his... [DOC] [TLE] A town of big wheels - tribunedigital-chicagotribune [PAR] Jul 8, 2002 ... If life is a carnival, the Eli Bridge Co. in Downstate Jacksonville is oxygen. It has 
been Ferris wheel maker to the world for more than a century ... In the last century
, the Downstate, family-run business has built only one bridge. ... Like all of Eli 
Bridge's wheels, it was called a Big Eli, and it now stands outside... [DOC] [TLE] Ferris wheel's century of ups and downs, round and rounds ... [PAR] Aug 28, 1993 ... In 1893, most people had never seen an automobile or an electric light, talked ... 
These days the Ferris wheel is so common a midway ride it's not ... By that time, 
however, all of the exposition funds had been allocated, ... and his family's firm, 
the Eli Bridge Company, still builds Ferris wheels. ... July 1, 1993. [DOC] [TLE] The Man Who Invented the Wheel, and Paid the Price - Freepages [PAR] Presumably

Question: Eli Bridge builds amusement rides like this one that's been making the rounds since 1893
Answer: a ferris wheel