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  2. Bailong Elevator - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Taisun - Wikipedia

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    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. Peak 2 Peak Gondola - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. List of tallest buildings - Wikipedia

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    Τallest building in the world with fewer than 100 floors [23] 10 CITIC Tower: 527.7 1,731 109 (+ 8 below ground) Beijing: 2018 [24] 11 Taipei 101: 508.0 1,667 101 (+ 5 below ground) Taipei Taiwan: 2004 Tallest building in the world from 2004 till 2010; tallest building in Taiwan [25] 12 Shanghai World Financial Center: 492.0 1,614 101 (+ 3 ...

  6. Mil Mi-26 - Wikipedia

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    As of 2024, the Mi-26 still holds the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale world record for the greatest mass lifted by a helicopter to 2,000 metres (6,562 ft) – 56,768.8 kilograms (125,000 lb) on a flight in 1982. [10] In July 2010 a proposed Russian-Chinese development of a 33-ton heavy-lift helicopter was announced.

  7. 15 Largest Elevator Companies in the World - AOL

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    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.

  8. List of roller coaster rankings - Wikipedia

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    [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 ...

  9. List of vertical-lift bridges - Wikipedia

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    The 516-foot (157 m) lift span replaced a swing span in 1989 and, with 200 ft (61 m) of clearance underneath when raised, it is one of the highest vertical-lift bridges in the world. [ 21 ] Hawthorne Bridge – A four-lane bridge over the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon , opened in 1910, and the oldest operating vertical-lift bridge in the ...