Engineering records
74 world records, each with its own page, 10 of them with their history. Guess them before reading the answer.
- Speed Fastest elevator in the world 75.6 km/h · Guangzhou CTF Finance Centre
- Mass Heaviest bell in the world 201,924 kg · Tsar Bell
- Mass Heaviest crane in the world 11,000 t · Honghai Crane
- Height Highest bridge in the world (deck above the ground) 625 m · Huajiang Canyon Bridge
- Height Highest tethered aerostat 6,096 m · SkyGuard
- Floor area Largest building in the world by floor area 6,000,000 m² · AvtoVAZ main assembly building
- Volume (millions of m³) Largest dam by structure volume 153 million m³ · Tarbela Dam
- Capacity (MW) Largest offshore wind farm in the world 1,386 MW · Hornsea 2
- Effective aperture (two 8.4 m mirrors combined) Largest optical telescope 11.9 m · Large Binocular Telescope
- Total floor area Largest shopping mall in the world 1,950,000 m² · Iran Mall
- Seats Largest stadium in the world 132,000 seats · Narendra Modi Stadium
- Area Largest swimming pool in the world 96,800 m² · Citystars Sharm El Sheikh
- Length Longest arch bridge span 600 m · Tian'e Longtan Bridge
- Length Longest cable-stayed bridge span 1,176 m · Changtai Yangtze River Bridge
- Total length Longest defensive work ever built 21,196.18 km · Great Wall of China
- Length Longest electric power transmission tunnel 20.0 km · The London Connection
- Length Longest hydroelectric tunnel 68.0 km · Neelum
- World record Longest inrun on a ski jumping hill 100 m · Mühlenkopfschanze
- Length Longest maglev railway tunnel 14.613 km · Misaka Sasago Tunnel
- Length Longest masonry arch bridge span 146 m · Danhe Bridge 丹河大桥
- Length Longest metro tunnel 86.542 km · Suzhou Metro Line 3-11
- Length Longest particle accelerator tunnel 26.659 km · LEP Tunnel
- Length Longest paved airport runway 5,000 m · Shigatse Peace Airport
- Length Longest railway tunnel 57.104 km · Gotthard Base Tunnel
- Length Longest railway tunnel in France 50.3 km · Channel Tunnel
- Length Longest road tunnel 24.51 km · Lærdal Tunnel
- Length Longest road tunnel in France 12.895 km · Fréjus Road Tunnel
- Length Longest roller coaster 4,250.1 m · Falcons Flight
- Length Longest single-track railway tunnel 34.577 km · Lötschberg Base Tunnel
- Length Longest suspension bridge span 2,023 m · 1915 Çanakkale Bridge
- Length Longest tunnel in the world 137 km · Delaware Aqueduct
- Length Longest twin-tube road tunnel 22.13 km · Tianshan Shengli Tunnel
- Length Longest water supply and hydroelectric tunnel 21.1 km · Alva B. Adams Tunnel
- Height Tallest bridge structure 352 m · Changtai Yangtze River Bridge
- Height Tallest building in Africa 393.8 m · Iconic Tower
- Height Tallest building in Europe 462.5 m · Lakhta Center
- Height Tallest building in Italy 217.7 m · Unicredit Tower
- Height Tallest building in Japan 325.2 m · Azabudai Hills
- Height Tallest building in North America 541.3 m · One World Trade Center
- Height Tallest building in Oceania 323 m · Q1 Tower
- Height Tallest building in South America 300 m · Gran Torre Costanera
- Height Tallest building in the world 828 m · Burj Khalifa
- Height Tallest chimney 419.7 m · Chimney of GRES-2 Power Station
- Height Tallest church in the world 172.5 m · Sagrada Família
- Height Tallest clock tower (single function structure) 100 m · Joseph Chamberlain Memorial Clock Tower
- Height Tallest cooling tower 210 m · Pingshan Power Station
- Height Tallest crane 248 m · LR 13000
- Height Tallest dam in the world 312 m · Shuangjiangkou Dam
- Height Tallest drop tower 139 m · Zumanjaro: Drop of Doom
- Height Tallest electricity pylon 380 m · Jintang-Cezi Overhead Powerline Link
- Height Tallest Ferris wheel 250 m · Ain Dubai
- Height Tallest fixed oil platform 529 m · Bullwinkle
- Height Tallest gantry crane 138 m · Kockums Crane
- Height Tallest guyed mast ever built 646.4 m · Warsaw Radio Mast
- Height Tallest inclined structure 175 m · Montreal Tower
- Height Tallest lighthouse 82.5 m · Île Vierge Lighthouse
- Height Tallest loam building 23.2 m · Weilburg Pisé House
- Height Tallest masonry tower 178.3 m · Anaconda Smelter Stack
- Height Tallest minaret in the world 265 m · Djamaa el Djazaïr
- Height Tallest monument 192 m · Gateway Arch
- Height Tallest obelisk 173.7 m · San Jacinto Monument
- Height Tallest oil platform 640 m · Petronius Compliant Tower
- Height Tallest roller coaster 163.01 m · Falcons Flight
- Height Tallest solar power tower 262 m · Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park
- Height without the base Tallest statue in the world 182 m · Statue of Unity
- Height Tallest structure in France 350 m · French Navy transmission centre, Rosnay
- Height Tallest swing ride 140 m · Stars Flyer
- Height Tallest twin buildings 452 m · Petronas Twin Towers
- Height Tallest vertical axis wind turbine 110 m · Éole
- Height Tallest water tower 187 m · Main tower of Kuwait Towers
- Height Tallest wind turbine 274 m · DEW-18 MW-260
- Height Tallest wooden building 87 m · Ascent MKE
- Height Tallest wooden roller coaster 56.02 m · Monimo RUSH (formerly T Express)
- Height Tallest wooden structure 112 m · Gliwice Radio Tower