List of largest machines

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This is a list of the world's largest machines, both static and movable in history.

Building structure

Ground vehicles

Mining vehicles

Model Type Length Height Width Weight Year introduced Year discontinued
Bagger 293 Bucket-wheel excavator 225 m (738 ft 2 in)[1][2] 96 m (315 ft 0 in) 46 m (150 ft 11 in) 14,200 t (31,300,000 lb) 1995
Overburden Conveyor Bridge F60 Conveyor bridge 502 m (1,647 ft 0 in)[3] 79 m (259 ft 2 in) 241 m (790 ft 8 in) 13,600 t (30,000,000 lb) 1969
Bagger 288 Bucket-wheel excavator 220 m (721 ft 9 in)[4] 96 m (315 ft 0 in) 46 m (150 ft 11 in) 13,500 t (29,800,000 lb) 1978
Big Muskie Dragline excavator 148 m (485 ft 7 in)[5] 68 m (223 ft 1 in) 46 m (150 ft 11 in) 12,247 t (27,000,000 lb) 1969 1991
The Captain Giant stripping shovel 97 m (318 ft 3 in)[6] 64 m (210 ft 0 in) 27 m (88 ft 7 in) 12,700 t (28,000,000 lb) 1965 1991

Engineering and transport vehicles

Model Type Length Height Width Weight Year introduced Year discontinued
Honghai Crane Mobile gantry crane 150 m (492 ft 2 in)[7] 124 m (406 ft 10 in) 11,000 t (24,300,000 lb) 2014
Big Bertha Tunnel boring machine 99 m (324 ft 10 in)[8] 17.5 m (57 ft 5 in) 17.5 m (57 ft 5 in) 6,100 t (13,400,000 lb) 2012 2017
XGC88000 crawler crane Crawler crane 173 m (567 ft 7 in)[9] 108 m (354 ft 4 in) 5,350 t (11,800,000 lb) 2013
NASA Crawler-transporter Crawler-transporter 40 m (131 ft 3 in)[10] 6–8 m (19 ft 8 in – 26 ft 3 in) 35 m (114 ft 10 in) 2,721 t (6,000,000 lb) 1965

Military vehicles

Model Type Length Height Width Weight Year introduced Year discontinued
Schwerer Gustav Railway gun 47.3 m (155 ft 2 in)[11] 11.6 m (38 ft 1 in) 7.1 m (23 ft 4 in) 1,350 t (2,980,000 lb) 1941 1945
Helepolis Siege tower 20 m (65 ft 7 in)[12] 40 m (131 ft 3 in) 20 m (65 ft 7 in) 160 t (353,000 lb) 305 BCE 292 BCE

Air vehicles

Lighter-than-air vehicles

Model Type Length Diameter Weight Year introduced Year discontinued
LZ 129 Hindenburg Rigid airship 245 m (803 ft 10 in)[13] 41.2 m (135 ft 2 in) 215 t (474,000 lb) 1936 1937
USS Akron Rigid airship 239 m (784 ft 1 in)[14] 40 m (131 ft 3 in) 182.8 t (403,000 lb) 1931 1933
R101 Rigid airship 236.8 m (776 ft 11 in)[15] 40 m (131 ft 3 in) 116.9 t (258,000 lb) 1929 1930
Hybrid Air Vehicles Airlander 10 Hybrid airship 92 m (301 ft 10 in)[16] 34 m (111 ft 7 in) 33.2 t (73,200 lb) 2012

Heavier-than-air vehicles

Model Type Length Wingspan Weight Year introduced Year discontinued
Antonov An-225 Mriya Cargo aircraft 84 m (275 ft 7 in)[17] 88.4 m (290 ft 0 in) 285 t (628,000 lb) 1988 2022
Scaled Composites Stratolaunch Mother ship 73 m (239 ft 6 in)[18] 117 m (383 ft 10 in) 226 t (498,000 lb) 2019
Caspian Sea Monster Ekranoplan 92 m (301 ft 10 in) 37.6 m (123 ft 4 in) 240 t (529,000 lb) 1964 1980
Airbus A380 Wide-body airliner 72.7 m (238 ft 6 in)[19] 79.7 m (261 ft 6 in) 285 t (628,000 lb) 2003 2021
Boeing 747-8 Wide-body airliner 76.3 m (250 ft 4 in) 68.5 m (224 ft 9 in) 220.1 t (485,000 lb) 2008 2023
Hughes H-4 Hercules Flying boat 66.7 m (218 ft 10 in) 97.8 m (320 ft 10 in) 113 t (249,000 lb) 1947 1947

Sea vehicles

Industrial and cargo vessels

Model Type Length Height/Depth Width/Beam Gross Weight Tonnage Year introduced Year discontinued
Prelude FLNG Floating production storage and offloading 488 m (1,601 ft 1 in)[20] 105 m (344 ft 6 in) 74 m (242 ft 9 in) 300,000 t (661,000,000 lb) 2013
Seawise Giant Oil tanker 458.4 m (1,503 ft 11 in)[21] 29.8 m (97 ft 9 in) 68.6 m (225 ft 1 in) 260,941 t (575,000,000 lb) 1979 2009
Pioneering Spirit Crane vessel 382 m (1,253 ft 3 in)[22] 30 m (98 ft 5 in) 124 m (406 ft 10 in) 403,342 t (889,000,000 lb) 2013
Batillus Supertanker 414.22 m (1,359 ft 0 in)[22] 35.92 m (117 ft 10 in) 63.01 m (206 ft 9 in) 275,268 t (607,000,000 lb) 1976 2003
TI Supertanker 380 m (1,246 ft 9 in)[23] 68 m (223 ft 1 in) 234,006 t (516,000,000 lb) 2003

Passenger vessels

Model Type Length Height/Depth Width/Beam Gross Weight Tonnage Year introduced Year discontinued
Icon of the Seas Cruise ship 364.75 m (1,196 ft 8 in)[24] 59.74 m (196 ft 0 in)[24][25] 48.47 m (159 ft 0 in) 248,663 t (548,000,000 lb) 2022
Wonder of the Seas Cruise ship 362.04 m (1,187 ft 10 in)[26] 64 m (210 ft 0 in) 236,857 t (522,000,000 lb) 2020
Symphony of the Seas Cruise ship 361.011 m (1,184 ft 5.0 in)[27] 72.5 m (237 ft 10 in) 66 m (216 ft 6 in) 228,081 t (503,000,000 lb) 2018
Queen Mary 2 Ocean liner 345.03 m (1,132 ft 0 in)[28] 72 m (236 ft 3 in) 45 m (147 ft 8 in) 149,215 t (329,000,000 lb) 2004

Military vessels

Model Type Length Height/Depth Width/Beam Gross Weight Tonnage Year introduced Year discontinued
Gerald R. Ford Nuclear-powered supercarrier 337 m (1,105 ft 8 in)[29] 76 m (249 ft 4 in) 78 m (255 ft 11 in) 110,000 t (243,000,000 lb) 2017
Nimitz Nuclear-powered supercarrier 332.8 m (1,091 ft 10 in)[30] 76 m (249 ft 4 in) 76.8 m (252 ft 0 in) 106,300 t (234,000,000 lb) 1975
Fujian Conventional-powered supercarrier 316 m (1,036 ft 9 in)[31] 76 m (249 ft 4 in) 80,000–100,000 t (176,000,000–220,000,000 lb) 2022

Space vehicles

Space stations

Model Type Length Width Weight Year introduced Year discontinued
International Space Station Space station 73 m (239 ft 6 in) 109 m (357 ft 7 in) 444.6 t (980,000 lb) 1998
Tiangong Space Station Space station 55.6 m (182 ft 5 in) 9.25 m (30 ft 4 in) 100 t (220,000 lb) 2021

Launch vehicles

Model Type Length Diameter Weight Year introduced Year discontinued
SpaceX Starship Super heavy-lift launch vehicle 120 m (393 ft 8 in) 9 m (29 ft 6 in) 5,000 t (11,000,000 lb) 2023
Saturn V Super heavy-lift launch vehicle 110.6 m (362 ft 10 in) 10.1 m (33 ft 2 in) 2,965 t (6,540,000 lb) 1967 1973
N1 Super heavy-lift launch vehicle 105.3 m (345 ft 6 in) 17 m (55 ft 9 in) 2,750 t (6,060,000 lb) 1969 1972
SLS Block 1 Super heavy-lift launch vehicle 98 m (321 ft 6 in) 8.4 m (27 ft 7 in) 2,610 t (5,750,000 lb) 2022
Energia Super heavy-lift launch vehicle 58.7 m (192 ft 7 in)[32] 17.6 m (57 ft 9 in) 2,525 t (5,570,000 lb) 1987 1988

See also

References

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