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| {{ Infobox ride
| | #REDIRECT [[Ferris Wheel (3)]] |
| | name = Big Eli
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| | othernames = Eli<br />Ferris Wheel
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| | type = Rotating Ride
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| | section = Center
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| | built = 1927
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| | opened = 1927
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| | closed = 1937 (park closure)
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| | manufacturer = [[Eli Bridge Company]]
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| | model = Big Eli
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| | materials = Steel
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| | height = 60 or 75 feet
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| | vehicletype = Car
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| | inversions = 0
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| [[Big Eli]] was a Ferris wheel that opened at Olentangy Park in 1927.<ref>{{Cite news |articletitle = Promise at the Park|pub = The Columbus Dispatch|date = |page = 60 }}</ref> It was 60 ft. tall.<ref name="sale">Advertisement. 1983. ''The Billboard.'' April 16, 1938. Page 41. Accessed through the Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/sim_billboard_1938-04-16_50_16/page/40</ref> The ride remained operational until the park closed in 1937. Despite being listed for sale in ''The Billboard,''<ref name="sale" /> it was moved to the Haenlein Brothers' new Zoo Amusement Park across from the Columbus Zoo.<ref name="historian">Barrett, Richard E. 1984. "Olentangy Park: Four Decades of Fun." ''Columbus and Central Ohio Historian No. 1.'' April 1984. Page 17.</ref><ref>"Zoo Amusement Park Has Established Its Popularity." ''Columbus Dispatch,'' June 2, 1929. Page 14-A.</ref>
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| == Notes ==
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| A 75-foot Ferris wheel is said to have been "newly-constructed" in 1933 at Olentangy Park and one of the five largest in the country.<ref>{{Cite news |lastname = Charrington|firstname = H. E.|articletitle = Olentangy Opening Near---Hardgrove Is New Fo'castle Manager---Tidings of Film|pub = The Columbus Dispatch|date = May 16, 1933|page = 2-C }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |articletitle = Olentangy Now Open|pub = The Columbus Dispatch|date = May 27, 1933|page = 5 }}</ref>
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| A Ferris wheel already existed at Zoo Amusement Park in 1930.<ref>{{Cite news |articletitle = Bird's Eye View of Columbus Municipal Zoo, Taken from an Amusement Device At Nearby Park|pub = The Columbus Sunday Dispatch|date = Aug. 3, 1930|page = F-1 }}</ref> Not sure which Ferris wheel is referenced in articles after 1938.
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| == References==
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| <references />
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| {{Rides}}
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| {{Park Sections}}
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| [[Category:Rides]]
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| [[Category:Rotating Rides]]
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| [[Category:Added in 1927]]
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| [[Category:Closed in 1937]]
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| [[Category:Moved to Zoo Amusement Park]]
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| {{#seo:|description=[[Big Eli]] was a Ferris wheel that opened at Olentangy Park in 1927. It was moved to Zoo Amusement Park in 1938.}}
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| {{#seo:|keywords=Big Eli, Eli, Ferris Wheel, Olentangy Park, Olentangy Amusement Park, Olentangy Park Columbus, Columbus amusement park, amusement park, Clintonville, defunct amusement park}}
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