Tuesday 14 April 2015

Some of the worlds largest man made structures.

5. Burj Khalifa. 



























The Burj Khalifa, a skyscraper located in Dubai recorded as the tallest building in the world since 2010. Construction of the building started on the 6th of January 2004 and was complete on the 30th of December 2009, open to the public on the 4th of January 2010. The building consists of 211 levels, 58 elevators and a overall floor area of around 3,331,100sq cubic feet. The skyscraper stands 829.8 meters in height and is estimated to cost around 1.5 billion dollars. 



4. The Great Wall Of China. 



The great wall of China over 2,000 years old, built across the northern border of China around 221BC to help protect the Chinese empires from oncoming raids and attacks. Starting with only a few wall fortifications made up of stone, earth and wood to further be joined together with most of the wall being built between 1368 and 1644. The wall was constructed throughout many dynasties reaching a total length of 13,170 miles.



3. Boeing Everett Facility.




The largest building in the world by a measure of volume. Opened around 1945 as a air-plane assembly factory producing the Boeing model aircraft on 98.3 acres of land with a volume around
13,400,000 meters cubed.



2. Atlantis PQ.




















The Atlantis Platform is the deepest moored floating oil and gas production facility in the world. BP owns 56 % of the Atlantis Platform whilst the other 44% is owned by BHB Billiton. The platform stays afloat in water depths around 7,900ft deep. Weighing over 58,000 tons the platform can hold up to 200,000 barrels of oil and 180 million cubic feet of gas a day.



1. Tuatona Mine 











The Gold mine is located in Carltonville, South Africa. The shaft was blown away in 1957 and mining began in 1962. It is one of three gold mines found on the west wits gold field owned by AngloGold Ashanti. The deepest of the three shafts is western deep number 3 shaft, also known as the tuatona mine. At 2.4 miles deep, the tuatona mine is the world deepest mining facility. The lift that takes workers from the bottom back to the top travels around 36 mph, including trips along horizontal tracks with trolleys, it is estimated to take around 1 hour for workers to get back out.