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At 472 meters tall, this Norwegian concrete giant surpassed the Empire State Building and crossed two hundred kilometers of ocean to its destination.
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In the freezing winter of 1795, French hussars rode across the frozen waters of the North Sea to seize fourteen warships.
History
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During the Russo-Japanese War, an imperial navy sailed 33,000 kilometers, causing chaos and mistakenly attacking British fishing boats.
Engineering
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Two gates the size of the Eiffel Tower that float, rotate on colossal mechanical ball joints, and sink to stop ocean storms.
Engineering
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At 472 meters tall, this concrete megastructure holds the record as the heaviest object ever moved across the face of the Earth.