We all know that ever since humankind have come to an existence they have been making marvelous inventions. Be it the wheel, fire or food. Now, we are at such a stage where we create architectural beauties.
Be it Eiffel Tower, Statue of Liberty or Leaning Tower of Pisa. All these things are perfect examples of architectural marvels made by humankind. We have the list of such architectural marvels for you and after seeing them you will definitely be amazed.
Check them out!
1. Spring Temple Buddha
The statue if situated in China and is one of the largest statues in the world. The artists have to rebuild the hill it sits on because of the size of the statue.
2. Tsar Cannon
The cannon was built in the year 1586 and weighs around 2,200 pounds. It is one of the largest cannons ever made by humans.
3. Jiaozhou Bay Bridge
This bridge is situated in China and is about 26 miles long. It took 4 years to complete the bridge.
4. Burj Khalifa
Burj Khalifa is the tallest building in the world and apparently the largest man-made structure as well. The building is situated in Dubai at 2,722 feet.
5. Bullwinkle Oil Platform
An interesting structure Bullwinkle stands at the height of 1,736 feet. It is situated in the Gulf of Mexico. Of the total height, almost 412.1 meters are below the waterline.
6. Arecibo Observatory
This observatory in Cuba was made to detect alien signals.
7. Caterpillar 797B
This weighs over a million pounds and a 4000 horsepower. This all things make it perfect for biggest mining jobs.
8. Mirny Mine
Mirny mine is situated in Mirny, Eastern Siberia, Russia. The mine is around 1,722 ft and has the diameter of 3,900 ft. It is one of the largest excavated holes in the world.
9. Boeing Everett Factory
This factory manufactures airplanes and is established in Seattle. The most amazing thing about this factory is that each of the sliding doors of the factory is that of the size of a football field.
10. Blue Marlin
It is a carrier vessel. This carrier vessel has the capacity of holding 75,000 tons of weight.
11. Palm Island
Palm Island is one of the most beautiful and structural manmade wonders. It took almost 3 billion cubic feet of sand to built this island.
12. CERN
It is the largest particle physics laboratory in the world. There is a hadron collider in CERN which is about 17 miles long and is largest in the world.
13. Bagger 288
Bagger 288 was made to assist coal mining in Germany. It is the largest land vehicle ad weighs 45,000 tons.
14. Airbus Beluga
The exact size of Airbus Beluga is still a secret. But since it can carry many planes inside it that’s why there’s no doubt that pretty darn big.
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