The Biggest Movable Structure on Earth - awesome


	The Biggest Movable Structure on Earth - awesome

abramsv

11-23-2006 12:24 AM

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Amazing "Overburden Bridge F60" build in East Germany, 500-meters long, moves on it's own set of rails, and bigger than Eiffel Tower (pictures)

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/dc7d8681-0648-42c9-a9c7-de34ac27b69c/6C86F66D-3C38-45E8-8C35-9895AD3A0784/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://thrillingwonder.blogspot.com/2006/11/even-bigger-machines-dig-bigger-holes.html" href="http://thrillingwonder.blogspot.com/2006/11/even-bigger-machines-dig-bigger-holes.html" style="font-size: 11px;">thrillingwonder.blogspot.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://thrillingwonder.blogspot.com/2006/11/even-bigger-machines-dig-bigger-holes.html"><B>Finally, what seems to be THE Biggest Movable Machine</B></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://thrillingwonder.blogspot.com/2006/11/even-bigger-machines-dig-bigger-holes.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/thrillingwonder.blogspot.com/img/3183753F-2364-4DF5-BEC9-C6372DAE8184" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://thrillingwonder.blogspot.com/2006/11/even-bigger-machines-dig-bigger-holes.html"><DIV>The name of that epic structure is <B>Overburden Conveyor Bridge F60</B> in Lichterfeld (Source <A href="http://www.f60.de/index_e.htm%20">here</A>). This technological steel giant is 502 metres long, 202 metres wide, 80 metres high and 11,000 ton heavy. It was build in East Germany in 1991 by <I>VEB TAKRAF Lauchhammer</I>(although the GDR was manufacturing slightly lesser types since 1958) After only 13 months of operation the F60 bridge was taken out of operation for energy-political reasons. The opencast mine Klettwitz-Nord where the conveyor bridge was operating is closed. The bridge is owned now by the community and presented as the "Lying Eiffel Tower"</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://thrillingwonder.blogspot.com/2006/11/even-bigger-machines-dig-bigger-holes.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/thrillingwonder.blogspot.com/img/3E784CE6-70D5-4D74-A3A0-28B70030930F" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://thrillingwonder.blogspot.com/2006/11/even-bigger-machines-dig-bigger-holes.html"><B>and it moves on its own set of rails!</B></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://thrillingwonder.blogspot.com/2006/11/even-bigger-machines-dig-bigger-holes.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/thrillingwonder.blogspot.com/img/F0D4C46B-545F-4EFD-B4FC-FDF0DF651290" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://thrillingwonder.blogspot.com/2006/11/even-bigger-machines-dig-bigger-holes.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/thrillingwonder.blogspot.com/img/1544AF29-5384-4009-9D8B-B5C3781A1581" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://thrillingwonder.blogspot.com/2006/11/even-bigger-machines-dig-bigger-holes.html"><B>"Big Muskie", the Ohio's Walking Giant</B></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://thrillingwonder.blogspot.com/2006/11/even-bigger-machines-dig-bigger-holes.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/thrillingwonder.blogspot.com/img/D7807107-9D0D-4068-8946-A850CEF0D2CE" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://thrillingwonder.blogspot.com/2006/11/even-bigger-machines-dig-bigger-holes.html"><B>Big Machines make Bigger Holes</B></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://thrillingwonder.blogspot.com/2006/11/even-bigger-machines-dig-bigger-holes.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/thrillingwonder.blogspot.com/img/BAAE327C-DC79-4FB7-A42B-F703A302C6B9" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://thrillingwonder.blogspot.com/2006/11/even-bigger-machines-dig-bigger-holes.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/thrillingwonder.blogspot.com/img/7D53FA64-FB0E-4B0A-BC5F-43EB980C88B1" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://thrillingwonder.blogspot.com/2006/11/even-bigger-machines-dig-bigger-holes.html"><DIV>That little speck under the arrow in the last picture is actually a huge mining truck. 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