Teen falls from ferris wheel at Joyland park

He definitely showed a genuine concern for what occured. Very classy indeed.

Somewhere around here, I have an interesting article about Eli Bridge Co, from Family Fun magazine... it was probably printed in the late '80s or early '90s. It talked about the company being a family-run business all these years and described their product line (at the time.) The Sullivan family had no idea why the company came to be called the "Eli" Bridge Company. I'll have to find that article.

The "E" in W. E. Sullivan's name apparently stands for "Eli". At home someplace I have a booklet that describes the history of the Eli Bridge company in some detail.

When last I heard, Eli Bridge was known to have produced *one* steel bridge. If I remember from the history book, though, it sounds like the bridge might have been built by Sullivan, but not necessarily while doing business as Eli Bridge. Eli Bridge was the name of Sullivan's operating company that filed a permit to operate a Ferris wheel in 1900.

(In case you are wondering, Eyerly, on the other hand, did, in fact, produce aircraft.)

--Dave Althoff, Jr.

Maybe the article questioned by the company was called the Eli BRIDGE Company... I dunno... it has been a long time since I read that article! Is it possible that the family found out more about the birth of the company in the past decade or so, after the article I have was written and printed?

And yes, on numerous occasions, I have wondered if Eyerly ever produced aircraft!