- Satisfying machinery and magnificent marvels of engineering
Prelude FLNG - the largest gas platform
This is the world’s largest natural gas platform, constructed of more than 260,000 tonnes of steel and measuring 488 metres in length and 74 metres wide.
Le Tourneau L-2350 - the biggest earthmover
This is, according to the Guinness World Records, the biggest earthmover ever built.
Crawler-transporter
The Crawler-transporter is essentially a massive mobile platform that is used for transporting NASA’s rocketships.
Bagger 288 - the world’s second-heaviest land vehicle
Bagger 288 is one of the heaviest land vehicles in the world, weighing in at an impressive 13,500 tons.
The International Space Station
This is the International Space Station, a massive scientific research station that was launched into a low Earth orbit in 1998.
BelAZ 75710 - the world’s largest haul truck
This is the world’s largest haul truck. An ultra-class truck that needs eight wheels to move and can carry 450 metric tonnes.
Komatsu D575A Superdozer
The Komatsu D575A Superdozer is the largest bulldozer on the planet and has been in production since 1991.
Overburden Conveyor Bridge F60
Not impressed by the list so far? How about a massive bridge? This is the largest movable technical industrial machine in the world.
Bertha - the world’s largest tunnel boring machine
This is a model of Bertha, the world’s largest tunnel boring machine able to craft a tunnel 2,830 metres long.
Seawise Giant - the longest ship
This is the longest ship ever built. It was so large it couldn’t navigate the English Channel, the Suez Canal or the Panama Canal.
The Large Hadron Collider
The Large Hadron Collider is said to be the largest machine in the world.
Antonov An-225 Mriya - the largest plane
This was generally known to be the largest jet-engined aircraft in existence. Sadly it was destroyed during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Taisun Crane
The Taisun Crane is one of the largest cranes in the world. This monster crane holds the records for the heaviest lifts including lifting 20,133 metric tons.
Tradinno - the largest dragon
In 2014, Tradinno was listed by the Guinness Book of World Records as the world’s largest walking robot.
Five Hundred Meter Aperture Spherical Telescope
This is the world’s largest filled-aperture radio telescope. It’s designed to hunt for potential radio signals from extraterrestrials in distant galaxies.