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 ModelTypeLengthHeightWidthWeightYear introducedYear discontinuedBagger 293 Bucket-wheel excavator1995N/AOverburden Conveyor Bridge F60 Conveyor bridge1969N/ABagger 288 Bucket-wheel excavator1978N/AThe Captain Giant stripping shovel19651991Big Muskie Dragline excavator19691991
Engineering and transport vehicles ModelTypeLengthHeightWidthWeightYear introducedYear discontinuedHonghai Crane Mobile gantry crane2014Big Bertha Tunnel boring machine20122017XGC88000 crawler crane Crawler crane2013NASA Crawler-transporter Crawler-transporter1965
Military vehicles ModelTypeLengthHeightWidthWeightYear introducedYear discontinuedSchwerer Gustav Railway gun19411945Helepolis Siege tower305 BCE292 BCE
Air vehicles Lighter-than-air vehicles ModelTypeLengthDiameterWeightYear introducedYear discontinuedLZ 129 Hindenburg Rigid airship19361937USS Akron Rigid airship19311933R101 Rigid airship19291930Hybrid Air Vehicles Airlander 10 Hybrid airship2012
Heavier-than-air vehicles ModelTypeLengthWingspanWeightYear introducedYear discontinuedAntonov An-225 Mriya Cargo aircraft19882022Scaled Composites Stratolaunch Mother ship2019Caspian Sea Monster Ekranoplan19641980Airbus A380 Wide-body airlinerHamilton, 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 2014.20032021Boeing 747-8 Wide-body airliner20082023Hughes H-4 Hercules Flying boat19471947
Sea vehicles Industrial and cargo vessels ModelTypeLengthHeight/DepthWidth/BeamGross Weight TonnageYear introducedYear discontinuedPrelude FLNG Floating production storage and offloading2013Seawise Giant Oil tanker19792009Pioneering Spirit Crane vesselPioneering Spirit (Pieter Schelte). Deltamarin. 2013Batillus Supertanker19762003TI Supertanker 2003
Passenger vessels ModelTypeLengthHeight/DepthWidth/BeamGross Weight TonnageYear introducedYear discontinuedIcon of the Seas Cruise ship2022Wonder of the Seas Cruise ship2020Symphony of the Seas Cruise ship2018Queen Mary 2 Ocean liner2004
Military vessels ModelTypeLengthHeight/DepthWidth/BeamGross Weight TonnageYear introducedYear discontinuedGerald R. Ford Nuclear-powered supercarrier2017Nimitz Nuclear-powered supercarrierPolmar, p. 1121975Fujian Conventional-powered supercarrier 2022
Space vehicles Space stations ModelTypeLengthWidthWeightYear introducedYear discontinuedInternational Space Station Space station 1998Tiangong Space Station Space station2021
Launch vehicles ModelTypeLengthDiameterWeightYear introducedYear discontinuedSpaceX Starship Super heavy-lift launch vehicle2023Saturn V Super heavy-lift launch vehicle1967 1973N1 Super heavy-lift launch vehicle19691972SLS Block 1 Super heavy-lift launch vehicle2022Energia Super heavy-lift launch vehicleEnergia Characteristics1987 1988
See also List of largest passenger vehicles List of large aircraft
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