The Sky Ride was an attraction built for the Century of Progress 1933 World's Fair in Chicago, Illinois.

When the Montgomery Ward company backed out of its offer to finance the tower, the commission considered the Sky Ride.

[2] The Sky Ride, an idea suggested by an engineer named William L. Hamilton, would span the grounds and be relatively cheap to build.

It was reported that it contained 2,000 tons of steel, 100 miles (160 km) of cabling and that the cableway had a breaking strength of 220,000 pounds per square inch.

[3] The east tower was toppled on August 29, 1935, using 1,500 pounds of thermite charges to melt ten-foot sections near the bottom of two of the legs.

Each car emitted steam intended to resemble a "tail" or rocket exhaust, as it traveled across the wires.