(EN) Inventor Ferris is Dead. The Man Who Built the Great Wheel for the World's Fair., New York Times, 23 novembre 1896. URL consultato il 7 giugno 2008.
«George W. G. Ferris, the inventor and builder of the Ferris wheel, died to-day at Mercy Hospital, where he had been treated for typhoid fever for a week. The disease is said to have been brought on through worry over numerous business matters. He leaves a wife in this city, and friends in mechanical and building circles all over the country.»
