Sometimes a big machine can really get the blood flowing. These are pictures of amazing machines that do so much for production, construction, and about everything else that make our lives easier and in some cases, possible.
Some people (like us) really get excited about big hunks of metal and pipes carrying huge amounts of steam.
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F-35A Lightning II with belly mounted luneberg lenses performs during Gowen thunder airshow, Boise, Idaho. 3
JLG Compact Boom Lift in action 4
World's largest aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) transits the Mediterranean Sea. 7
Palfinger Knuckle Boom Crane 8
One of the last tillers on the Toronto Fire Department, Aerial 5's 1931 LaFrance Type 217 85' aerial. Shown on Lombard St. on March 6th, 1955. 9
4,500 horsepower boring machine breaking through at the end of Gotthard Base Tunnel 10
Cruise ship in dry dock 11
A straddler in the port of Antwerp 12
2 x P-51 Mustangs, one F-22 Raptor at Oshkosh airshow 2023 13
Plane factory assembly line - Renton, United States 14
The only picture of Concorde flying at supersonic speed 15
Marine Corps' new unmanned Tomahawk missile launcher. 16
A 1922 Nilfisk vacuum cleaner in the Kopenhagen Design Museum 17
Firing test of the Ariane 6's P120 solid rocket booster at Kourou in French Guiana, South America 18
The size of a 1956 5 MB hard drive 19
The rocket engine test facility at Yuzhmash, Ukraine. The huge tube is meant for venting exhaust gases. 20
1947: Northrop YB-49 heavy turbojet bomber 21
A 1980s Carraro 78.4 in the wild in Belgium 22
Fawley Oil Refinery, UK 23
Alain Prost sits in his McLaren-TAG MP4/3 during the 1987 season. 24
1K17 Szhatie - Soviet Laser Tank 25
A classic Jaguar, outside the Museum of Liverpool today.One of a small car show outside the museum. 27
The World’s Largest Working Steam Engine 28
Specialized forklift with 4 tracks for material handling in extremely soft conditions 30
Old German coal excavator
