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

• Large Hadron Collider – The world's largest single machine

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)<ref>"The world's largest diggers: in pictures". 6 April 2011 – via www.telegraph.co.uk.</ref><ref>Chen, Brian X. (5 October 2009). "Monstrous Mechanical Marvels: 9 Enormous Gadgets" – via www.wired.com.</ref>	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)<ref name="f60">"F60 - The bridge in detail". F60.</ref>	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)<ref name="thyssenkrupp2019">"Bagger 288 – a giant among bucket wheel excavators". thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions product information page. thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions AG. 2018. Archived from the original on 2019-01-27. Retrieved 27 January 2019.</ref>	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)<ref name=":0">Cahal, Sherman (2018-12-08). "Big Muskie". Abandoned. Archived from the original on 2019-11-11. Retrieved 2019-11-11.</ref>	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)<ref name=bucyrus>"Bucyrus page on Marion". Archived from the original on 2008-05-31. Retrieved 2008-09-30.</ref>	64 m (210 ft 0 in)	27 m (88 ft 7 in)	12,700 t (28,000,000 lb)	1965	1991
Big Brutus	Giant stripping shovel	45.72 m (150 ft 0 in)<ref name=bucyrus/>	48.8 m (160 ft 1 in)	18 m (59 ft 1 in)	5,500 t (12,100,000 lb)	1963	1974

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)<ref>Richard Krabbendam (11 December 2014). "Honghua launches PSV using Honghai crane". Heavyliftnews.com. Archived from the original on 25 December 2015. Retrieved 2015-12-27.</ref>	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)<ref>"The World's Largest EPB Shield Tunneling Machine". Hitachi Zosen Corporation. Retrieved April 29, 2016.</ref>	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)<ref name="Made-in-China">"2017 Manufacturer Xgc88000 Crawler Crane with 3c". Made-in-China.</ref>	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)<ref name="bbc20190626">Hollingham, Richard (June 26, 2019). "Apollo in 50 numbers: The rocket". BBC. Archived from the original on 2022-03-17. Retrieved June 27, 2019.</ref>	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)<ref>Zimmer, Gary. "1500-ton Self-Propelled 80cm Gun".</ref>	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)<ref name="amusingplanet">Kaushik Patowary. "Helepolis: The Failed War Machine From Which Rose a Wonder of The Ancient World".</ref>	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)<ref>Grossman, Dan; Ganz, Cheryl; Russell, Patrick (2017). Zeppelin Hindenburg: An Illustrated History of LZ-129. The History Press. p. 33. ISBN 978-0750969956.</ref>	41.2 m (135 ft 2 in)	160 t (353,000 lb)	1936	1937
USS Akron	Rigid airship	239 m (784 ft 1 in)<ref name="Smith (1965)">Smith, Richard K (1965). The Airships Akron & Macon: Flying Aircraft Carriers of the United States Navy. Annapolis, Maryland: United States Naval Institute. p. 210. ISBN 0-87021-065-3.</ref>	40 m (131 ft 3 in)	182.8 t (403,000 lb)	1931	1933
R101	Rigid airship	236.8 m (776 ft 11 in)<ref name="PopSci">Popular Science Monthly: Keeping Pace with Aviation. Bonnier Corporation. January 1930. p. 41.</ref>	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)<ref>"World's longest aircraft collapses". BBC News. 2017-11-18. Retrieved 2017-11-18.</ref>		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)<ref name="Spaeth">Spaeth, Andreas (December 2009). "When size matters". Air International. p. 29. ISSN 0306-5634. LCCN 74646112. OCLC 1237957535.</ref>	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)<ref name=stratolaunch>"Get the Latest From Stratolaunch". Stratolaunch. Archived from the original on April 15, 2019. Retrieved April 17, 2019.</ref>	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)<ref name=leeUp>Hamilton, Scott. "Updating the A380: the prospect of a neo version and what's involved" Leehamnews.com, 3 February 2014. Retrieved 21 June 2014. Archived on 8 April 2014.</ref>	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
Seawise Giant	Oil tanker	458.4 m (1,503 ft 11 in)<ref>"Knock Nevis - The world's largest ship ever". Container Transportation. Retrieved 2020-10-09.</ref>	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)<ref name="deltamarin">Pioneering Spirit (Pieter Schelte). Deltamarin. Retrieved 2016-10-22.</ref>	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)<ref name="deltamarin"/>	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)<ref name="ti">"TI Europe". Auke Visser´s International Super Tankers. Archived from the original on 5 February 2009. Retrieved 9 June 2018.</ref>		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
Wonder of the Seas	Cruise ship	362.04 m (1,187 ft 10 in)<ref name="RCIwonder_fs">"Wonder of the Seas Fact Sheet". Royal Caribbean Press Center. Royal Caribbean Group. Retrieved 27 January 2022.</ref>		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)<ref name="wmn20151030">"Royal Caribbean International Lays Keel for Oasis No. 4". World Maritime News. 30 October 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2018.</ref>	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)<ref name = Lloyds>"Queen Mary 2 (9241061)". LR Class Direct. Lloyd's Register. Retrieved 16 October 2019.</ref>	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)<ref>"Command History & Facts". Commander, Naval Air Force Atlantic. US Navy. Retrieved 8 March 2021.</ref>	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)<ref name="Polmar">Polmar, p. 112</ref>	76 m (249 ft 4 in)	76.8 m (252 ft 0 in)	106,300 t (234,000,000 lb)	1975
Fujian	Coventional-powered supercarrier	316 m (1,036 ft 9 in)<ref>Lau, Jack (17 June 2022). "China launches Fujian, PLA Navy's 3rd aircraft carrier". South China Morning Post.</ref>		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	52.4 m (171 ft 11 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)<ref name="buran-energia">Energia Characteristics</ref>	17.6 m (57 ft 9 in)	2,525 t (5,570,000 lb)	1987	1988

See also

• List of largest passenger vehicles
• List of large aircraft