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The Bailong Elevator, 2009. The Bailong Elevator (Chinese: 百龙电梯; literally Hundred Dragons Elevator) is a glass double-deck elevator built onto the side of a cliff in the Wulingyuan area of Zhangjiajie, China, an area noted for more than 3,000 quartzite sandstone pillars and peaks across most of the site, many over 200 metres (660 ft) in height.
The Guinness World Records state that Taisun holds the world record for "heaviest weight lifted by crane", set on April 18, 2008 at 20,133 metric tonnes (44,385,667.25 lb) by lifting a barge, ballasted with water. [3] However, it was surpassed by the Honghai Crane when the new crane was completed in 2014, with a lift capacity at 22,000 tonnes. [5]
[4] [7] Record holder Kingda Ka, the tallest coaster in the world at 456 feet (139 m), [8] held onto its record from 2005 until its closure in 2024. [ 4 ] [ 7 ] Other notable coasters include Formula Rossa , the world's fastest, which reaches a top speed of 149 mph (240 km/h), [ 9 ] Steel Dragon 2000 , the world's longest, measuring 8,133 feet ...
A Kone-Thyssenkrupp Elevator merger would create the world's biggest lift maker, leapfrogging market leader Otis, owned by United Technologies <UTX.N>, and Schindler in second place. Thyssenkrupp ...
It held the world record for the longest free span between ropeway towers at 3.03 kilometres (1.88 miles) until 2017 when the Eibsee Cable Car exceeded it by 189 metres. [1] It is still the highest point above the ground in a gondola at 436 metres (1,430 feet), [ 2 ] although a temporary aerial tramway in Switzerland used between 1979 and 1986 ...
7. Hitachi Building Systems Revenue -$ 5,676.73 million Number of Employees -N/A. Japanese giant Hitachi delves into the elevator and escalator industry with its Building Systems division.
The boat lift was designed during the Canal du Centre's modernisation program in order to replace a system of two locks and four 16-metre (52 ft) lifts dating from 1888 to 1919. [1] The canal itself began operations in 1879 and its locks and lifts were able to accommodate vessels of up to 300 tonnes.
In 2000, it set a world record of 11,883 t by lifting Shell's Shearwater topsides, beaten by Saipem 7000 in 2004 with the Sabratha deck lifting of 12,150 t. [5] In 2004, it installed the topsides on BP's Holstein, at the time the world's largest spar. The lift was a record for the Gulf of Mexico: 7,810 t.