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	A 75-foot '''Ferris wheel''' was built in 1933 at Olentangy Park and was 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> It was erected just west of the [[Airplanes]] ride.<ref>{{Cite news \|lastname = Palmer\|firstname = Harry M.\|articletitle = Olentangy Park Opens for Season\|pub = The Columbus Dispatch\|date = May 29, 1933\|page = 5 }}</ref> The ride remained operational until the park closed in 1937. Despite being listed for sale in ''The Billboard.''<ref name="sale">Advertisement. ''[https://archive.org/details/sim_billboard_1938-04-16_50_16/page/40 The Billboard.]'' April 16, 1938. Page 41. Accessed through the Internet Archive.</ref> it was moved to the Haenlein Brothers' new Zoo Amusement Park across from the Columbus Zoo.<ref name="historian">Barrett, Richard E. "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." ''The Columbus Dispatch.,'' June 2, 1929. Page 14-A.</ref>		A 75-foot '''Ferris wheel''' was built in 1933 at Olentangy Park and was one of the five largest in the country.<ref>{{Cite news \|lastname = Cherrington\|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> It was erected just west of the [[Airplanes]] ride.<ref>{{Cite news \|lastname = Palmer\|firstname = Harry M.\|articletitle = Olentangy Park Opens for Season\|pub = The Columbus Dispatch\|date = May 29, 1933\|page = 5 }}</ref> The ride remained operational until the park closed in 1937. Despite being listed for sale in ''The Billboard.''<ref name="sale">Advertisement. ''[https://archive.org/details/sim_billboard_1938-04-16_50_16/page/40 The Billboard.]'' April 16, 1938. Page 41. Accessed through the Internet Archive.</ref> it was moved to the Haenlein Brothers' new Zoo Amusement Park across from the Columbus Zoo.<ref name="historian">Barrett, Richard E. "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." ''The Columbus Dispatch.,'' June 2, 1929. Page 14-A.</ref>

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	A 75-foot '''Ferris wheel''' was built in 1933 at Olentangy Park and was 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> It was erected just west of the [[Airplanes]] ride.<ref>{{Cite news \|lastname = Palmer\|firstname = Harry M.\|articletitle = Olentangy Park Opens for Season\|pub = The Columbus Dispatch\|date = May 29, 1933\|page = 5 }}</ref> The ride remained operational until the park closed in 1937. Despite being listed for sale in ''The Billboard.''<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> it was moved to the Haenlein Brothers' new Zoo Amusement Park across from the Columbus Zoo.<ref name="historian">Barrett, Richard E. "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." ''The Columbus Dispatch.,'' June 2, 1929. Page 14-A.</ref>		A 75-foot '''Ferris wheel''' was built in 1933 at Olentangy Park and was 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> It was erected just west of the [[Airplanes]] ride.<ref>{{Cite news \|lastname = Palmer\|firstname = Harry M.\|articletitle = Olentangy Park Opens for Season\|pub = The Columbus Dispatch\|date = May 29, 1933\|page = 5 }}</ref> The ride remained operational until the park closed in 1937. Despite being listed for sale in ''The Billboard.''<ref name="sale">Advertisement. ''[https://archive.org/details/sim_billboard_1938-04-16_50_16/page/40 The Billboard.]'' April 16, 1938. Page 41. Accessed through the Internet Archive.</ref> it was moved to the Haenlein Brothers' new Zoo Amusement Park across from the Columbus Zoo.<ref name="historian">Barrett, Richard E. "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." ''The Columbus Dispatch.,'' June 2, 1929. Page 14-A.</ref>

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	{{ Infobox ride		{{ Infobox ride
	\| name = ~~Big Eli~~		\| name = Ferris Wheel (4)
	\| image =		\| image =
	\| othernames = ~~Eli<br />Ferris Wheel~~		\| othernames =
	\| type = Rotating Ride		\| type = Rotating Ride
	\| section = Center		\| section = Center
	\| built = ~~1927~~		\| built = 1933
	\| opened = ~~1927~~		\| opened = 1933
	\| closed = ~~Unknown~~		\| closed = 1937 (park closure)
	\| manufacturer = ~~[[Eli Bridge Company]]~~		\| manufacturer =
	\| designer =		\| designer =
	\| architect =		\| architect =
	\| model = ~~Big Eli~~		\| model =
	\| materials = ~~Steel~~		\| materials =
	\| length =		\| length =
	\| width =		\| width =
	\| height = 60 feet		\| height = 75 feet
	\| sitearea =		\| sitearea =
	\| vehicletype = Car		\| vehicletype = Car
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	\| numriders =		\| numriders =
	\| inversions = 0		\| inversions = 0
	\| replaced =		\| replaced = [[Ferris Wheel (3)\|Big Eli]]
	~~\| replacedby~~ = [[Ferris Wheel (5)]]		\| replacedby =
	}}		}}


	~~[[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 = May 20, ~~1927~~\|page = 60 }}</ref> ~~It was 60 feet tall~~.<ref name="sale">Advertisement. ~~1938~~. ''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>		A 75-foot '''Ferris wheel''' was built in 1933 at Olentangy Park and was 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> It was erected just west of the [[Airplanes]] ride.<ref>{{Cite news \|lastname = Palmer\|firstname = Harry M.\|articletitle = Olentangy Park Opens for Season\|pub = The Columbus Dispatch\|date = May 29, 1933\|page = 5 }}</ref> The ride remained operational until the park closed in 1937. Despite being listed for sale in ''The Billboard.''<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> it was moved to the Haenlein Brothers' new Zoo Amusement Park across from the Columbus Zoo.<ref name="historian">Barrett, Richard E. "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." ''The Columbus Dispatch.,'' June 2, 1929. Page 14-A.</ref>

			== Notes ==

			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.

	== See Also ==		== See Also ==
	* [[Ferris Wheel (1)]] - Operated at the park from 1903 to 1905		* [[Ferris Wheel (1)]] - Operated at the park from 1903 to 1905
	* [[Ferris Wheel (2)]] - Opened around ~~1906~~		* [[Ferris Wheel (2)]] - Opened around 1910
	* [[Ferris Wheel (3)]] - Opened ~~around 1910~~		* [[Ferris Wheel (3)\|Big Eli]] - Opened in 1927
	* [[Ferris Wheel (5)]] - Opened 1933

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	[[Category:Added in ~~1927~~]]		[[Category:Added in 1933]]
			[[Category:Closed in 1937]]
			[[Category:Moved to Zoo Amusement Park]]

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	{{ Infobox ride		{{ Infobox ride
	\| name = ~~Ferris Wheel (4)~~		\| name = Big Eli
	\| image =		\| image =
	\| othernames =		\| othernames = Eli<br />Ferris Wheel
	\| type = Rotating Ride		\| type = Rotating Ride
	\| section = Center		\| section = Center
	\| built = ~~1933~~		\| built = 1927
	\| opened = ~~1933~~		\| opened = 1927
	\| closed = ~~1937 (park closure)~~		\| closed = Unknown
	\| manufacturer =		\| manufacturer = [[Eli Bridge Company]]
	\| designer =		\| designer =
	\| architect =		\| architect =
	\| model =		\| model = Big Eli
	\| materials =		\| materials = Steel
	\| length =		\| length =
	\| width =		\| width =
	\| height = 75 feet		\| height = 60 feet
	\| sitearea =		\| sitearea =
	\| vehicletype = Car		\| vehicletype = Car
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	\| numriders =		\| numriders =
	\| inversions = 0		\| inversions = 0
	\| replaced = [[Ferris Wheel (3)~~\|Big Eli~~]]		\| replaced =
	~~\| replacedby =~~		\| replacedby = [[Ferris Wheel (5)]]
	}}		}}


	~~A 75-foot '''~~Ferris wheel~~''' was built in 1933~~ at Olentangy Park ~~and was 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> It was ~~erected just west of the [[Airplanes]] ride~~.<ref>{{Cite news \|lastname = Palmer\|firstname = Harry M.\|articletitle = Olentangy Park Opens for Season\|pub = The Columbus Dispatch\|date = May 29, 1933\|page = 5 }}</ref> The ride remained operational until the park closed in 1937. Despite being listed for sale in ''The Billboard.''<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> it was moved to the Haenlein Brothers' new Zoo Amusement Park across from the Columbus Zoo.<ref name="historian">Barrett, Richard E. "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." ''The Columbus Dispatch.,'' June 2, 1929. Page 14-A.</ref>		[[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 = May 20, 1927\|page = 60 }}</ref> It was 60 feet tall.<ref name="sale">Advertisement. 1938. ''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>

	~~== Notes ==~~

	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.

	== See Also ==		== See Also ==
	* [[Ferris Wheel (1)]] - Operated at the park from 1903 to 1905		* [[Ferris Wheel (1)]] - Operated at the park from 1903 to 1905
	* [[Ferris Wheel (2)]] - Opened around 1910		* [[Ferris Wheel (2)]] - Opened around 1906
	* [[Ferris Wheel (3)~~\|Big Eli~~]] - Opened ~~in 1927~~		* [[Ferris Wheel (3)]] - Opened around 1910
			* [[Ferris Wheel (5)]] - Opened 1933

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	[[Category:Rotating Rides]]		[[Category:Rotating Rides]]
	[[Category:Added in ~~1933]]~~		[[Category:Added in 1927]]
	~~[[Category:Closed in 1937]]~~
	~~[[Category:Moved to Zoo Amusement Park~~]]

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	A 75-foot '''Ferris wheel''' was built in 1933 at Olentangy Park and was 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><ref>{{Cite news \|lastname = Palmer\|firstname = Harry M.\|articletitle = Olentangy Park Opens for Season\|pub = The Columbus Dispatch\|date = May 29, 1933\|page = 5 }}</ref> The ride remained operational until the park closed in 1937. Despite being listed for sale in ''The Billboard.''<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> it was moved to the Haenlein Brothers' new Zoo Amusement Park across from the Columbus Zoo.<ref name="historian">Barrett, Richard E. "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." ''The Columbus Dispatch.,'' June 2, 1929. Page 14-A.</ref>		A 75-foot '''Ferris wheel''' was built in 1933 at Olentangy Park and was 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> It was erected just west of the [[Airplanes]] ride.<ref>{{Cite news \|lastname = Palmer\|firstname = Harry M.\|articletitle = Olentangy Park Opens for Season\|pub = The Columbus Dispatch\|date = May 29, 1933\|page = 5 }}</ref> The ride remained operational until the park closed in 1937. Despite being listed for sale in ''The Billboard.''<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> it was moved to the Haenlein Brothers' new Zoo Amusement Park across from the Columbus Zoo.<ref name="historian">Barrett, Richard E. "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." ''The Columbus Dispatch.,'' June 2, 1929. Page 14-A.</ref>

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	A 75-foot '''Ferris wheel''' was built in 1933 at Olentangy Park and was 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> The ride remained operational until the park closed in 1937. Despite being listed for sale in ''The Billboard.''<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> it was moved to the Haenlein Brothers' new Zoo Amusement Park across from the Columbus Zoo.<ref name="historian">Barrett, Richard E. "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." ''The Columbus Dispatch.,'' June 2, 1929. Page 14-A.</ref>		A 75-foot '''Ferris wheel''' was built in 1933 at Olentangy Park and was 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><ref>{{Cite news \|lastname = Palmer\|firstname = Harry M.\|articletitle = Olentangy Park Opens for Season\|pub = The Columbus Dispatch\|date = May 29, 1933\|page = 5 }}</ref> The ride remained operational until the park closed in 1937. Despite being listed for sale in ''The Billboard.''<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> it was moved to the Haenlein Brothers' new Zoo Amusement Park across from the Columbus Zoo.<ref name="historian">Barrett, Richard E. "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." ''The Columbus Dispatch.,'' June 2, 1929. Page 14-A.</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.		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.

			== See Also ==
			* [[Ferris Wheel (1)]] - Operated at the park from 1903 to 1905
			* [[Ferris Wheel (2)]] - Opened around 1910
			* [[Ferris Wheel (3)\|Big Eli]] - Opened in 1927

	== References==		== References==