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23 Photos That Show How Far Human Engineering Has Come

4,500 horsepower boring machine breaking through at the end of Gotthard Base Tunnel

boring-machine

 

Ikarus prototype bus that was supposed to deliver passengers directly to the aircraft from the early “80s

ikarus

 

Sailors on a Russian “Typhoon” submarine.

submarine

 

BERKY Proteus slope mower

BERKY-Proteus-slope-mower

 

F-22 production line

f22

 

Semi truck dwarfed next to Caterpillar 797F

caterpillar-797

 

The cockpit of a Harrier ready for take off from HMS Ark Royal

cockpit-harrier

 

The Antonov 225 near some small airliners

antonov-225

 

The Orion 140K lifting 144,000lbs. (72 tons) for a load test

orion-140k

 

Union Pacific snow blower traincar.

snow-blower

 

Crankshaft of a ship’s engine

crankshaft-ship

 

Underwater power cable

underwater-power-cable

 

The most powerful land vehicle ever built. The Crawler Transport, used to move the Saturn V to its launch site.

crawler-transporter

 

Underside of a US Navy Littoral Combat Ship, designed for speeds up to 60 knots

navy-littoral

 

C-5 Galaxy Cargo unloading a CH-53E Super Stallion

c-5-galaxy

 

The cockpit of the Space Shuttle Orbiter

space-shuttle-orbiter

 

Bagger 290 at Hambach surface mine, Germany. Cars and people for scale.

bagger-290

 

1973 Terex 33-19 Titan dump truck with a pickup truck in the bed. It had a 169L V-16 diesel engine and weighed in at 1,209,500 lbs. (548 tons) and had a hauling capacity of 320 tons. It was never mass produced, but one of the prototypes was still in service until 1991

terex

 

CT machine without the casing

ct-machine

 

Abrams M1 with mine rollers.

abrams-m1

 

Liebherr 9800

liebherr

 

The landing gear of a Boeing 787.

boeing-787

 

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