Search results for 'technology' (37)
Andover, South Dakota, United States--The 150 CASE Road Locomotive, originally built in 1905 by the JI CASE Co. and built entirely from scratch by Kory Anderson and debuted in 2018; the 150 Case is 25 feet long, 14 feet wide, and 14 feet high; it weighs a massive 75,000 lbs (34,000 Kgs) loaded and packs a 58-inch long firebox, setting the world record for being the World's Largest Steam Traction Engine, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.
Durham, North Carolina, United States--Wolfspeed, Inc. (NYSE: WOLF), the global leader in silicon carbide technology, currently produces more than 60% of the world’s silicon carbide materials at its Durham, N.C. headquarters, and is engaged in a $6.5 billion capacity expansion effort to dramatically increase production, thus setting the world record for being the World’s Largest Silicon Carbide Facility, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States--A machinist by trade who worked in a cotton factory in Lowell, Massachusetts, American inventor Elias Howe (July 9, 1819 - October 3,1867) earned a patent for the sewing machine, a tool which revolutionized the manufacture of clothing; he received the fifth United States patent (No. 4,750) for a sewing machine in 1846, thus setting the world record for inventing the World's First Sewing Machine, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.
Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States--The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) deadweight machine in Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States, is a three-story, million-pound stack of steel disks used to calibrate devices called load cells that are used for measuring large forces, such as a rocket’s thrust or an airplane wing’s deflection; it sets the world record for being the World's Largest Deadweight Machine, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.
Chicago, Illinois, United States--On 2 December 1942, the first human-made self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction was initiated in Chicago Pile-1 (CP-1) during an experiment developed by the Metallurgical Laboratory at the University of Chicago, Illinois, United States, led by Enrico Fermi; the reactor, which contained 45,000 ultra-pure graphite blocks weighing 360 short tons (330 tonnes) and was fueled by 5.4 short tons (4.9 tonnes) of uranium metal and 45 short tons (41 tonnes) of uranium oxide, sets the world record for being the World's First Nuclear Reactor, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.
Chicago, Illinois, United States--Charles Cretors, a candy-store owner and founder of C. Cretors and Company in Chicago, had designed an entirely new popcorn machine that could pop popcorn uniformly in its own seasoning; he brought the machine to Chicago's Columbian Exposition and it was an instant success, thus setting the world record for the World's First Mobile Popcorn Machine, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.
Bryant Pond, Maine, United States--The people of Bryant Pond, Maine, United States, used their hand-cranked phones in the homes until 1983; they were the last people in the U.S. to use hand-cranked telephones; to commemorate this, they erected a gigantic a 14-foot, black candlestick phone complete with crank, as a permanent sculpture at Remembrance Park; the monument sets the world record for being the World's Largest Hand Cranked Phone Monument, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.
Arco, Idaho, United States--Experimental Breeder Reactor I (EBR-I), a decommissioned research reactor and U.S. National Historic Landmark located in the desert about 18 miles (29 km) southeast of Arco, Idaho, United States was the world's first breeder reactor; on December 20, 1951, it became one of the world's first electricity-generating nuclear power plants when it produced sufficient electricity to illuminate four 200-watt light bulbs, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.
Oʻahu, Hawaii, United States--The Makapu’u Light on Oahu’s southeastern most point can be seen from 19 nautical miles away and houses a 12-foot-tall and 8-foot-wide Hyper-radiant Fresnel lens, which sets the world record for being the World's Largest Lighthouse Lens, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.
Seaford, Delaware, United States--The city of Seaford, in western Sussex County, is known as the “Nylon Capital of the World,” because this is where one of the world’s most famous fibers was first produced on a large scale; DuPont's siting of their nylon factory downstate in Seaford was regarded as a boon to Delaware; the Moderne plant came online with 850 workers in December 1939, setting the world record for being the World’s First Nylon Plant, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.
Green River Basin, Wyoming, United States--The Green River Basin of southwestern Wyoming contains a large trona resource of over 127 billion tons, and more than 40 billion tons are reserves (economically min-able with current technology); at the current rate of production, Wyoming’s trona reserves should last well over 2,000 years, thus setting the world record for being the World’s Largest Trona Deposit, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.
Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States--The American Airlines maintenance base in Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States, spans over 33 acres with maintenance hangers and shop space covering over three million square feet (280,000 sqm); with more than 5,000 employees, the facility significantly contributes to the city’s economy and sets the world record for being the World's largest commercial aviation facility, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.
Cushing, Oklahoma, United States--The city of Cushing in Oklahoma, United States, is a central hub within the United States and worldwide oil industry. It connects major pipelines within the United States and is the location where the oil futures contracts end up being delivered; the crude oil tanks around Cushing have approximately 91 million barrels of storage capacity, which is the world record for the World’s Biggest Tank Farm, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.
Caddo Lake, Louisiana, United States--The Ferry Lake No. 1, erected by Gulf Refining Co. on Caddo Lake in 1911, bottomed at 2,185 feet and produced 450 barrels per day; between the years of 1905 and 1942, the Caddo-Pine Island field produced 159,770,000 barrels of oil and 136,535,867,000 cubic feet of gas, and the field is still producing today, setting the world record for being the World's First Over Water Oil Well, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States--ExxonMobil's Baton Rouge Refinery in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, the fifth-largest oil refinery in the United States and thirteenth-largest in the world, is the site of the first commercial fluid catalytic cracking plant that began processing at the refinery; the World's first commercial fluid catalytic cracking plant (known as the Model I FCC) began processing 13,000 barrels per day (2,100 m3/d) of petroleum oil in the Baton Rouge refinery on May 25, 1942; in 1963, that first Model I FCC unit was shut down after 21 years of operation, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.
Port Allen, Louisiana, United States--Shell Catalysts & Technologies, a member of the Shell family of companies, located in Port Allen, Louisiana, in the city of Baton Rouge, West Baton Rouge Parish, is expanding; the expansion will allow the facility to increase manufacturing capacity by an additional 15,000 tons per year for the World’s Largest Refining Catalyst Plant, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.
Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, United States--The West Closure Complex, located at the confluence of the Harvey and Algiers canals in Belle Chasse, Louisiana, United States, a $1.1 billion engineering feat that is meant to protect West Bank homes from flooding in the event of a 100-year storm surge; the unprecedented 20,000 cubic feet per second storm water drainage pumping station sets the world record for being the World's Largest Drainage Pump Station, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.
Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States--Chattanooga, Tenn.–based architectural fabricator Branch Technology have build a giant 3D-printed structure for Nashville, Tenn.'s LEED ND–targeted OneC1TY neighborhood; made of carbon fiber–reinforced Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene, the 20-foot-tall, 42-foot-wide structure set the world record for being the World's Largest 3D-Printed Structure, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.
Lexington, Kentucky, United States--A giant ceiling clock marks time in the rotunda of the Lexington Public Library, in Lexington, Kentucky, United States; the clock sits high above the sprawling downtown library, where you can also find an impressive Foucault Pendulum that is encircled with a frieze depicting the history of the horse in the Bluegrass, gifts from Lucille Caudill Little, a Lexington philanthropist; the 40-foot-diameter clock sets the world record for being the World's Largest Ceiling Clock, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.
Hot Springs, Arkansas, United States--The 1.5-million-volt conical Tesla Coil at Mid-America Science Museum in Hot Springs, Arkansas, United States, stands inside a floor-to-ceiling, 2.5-ton Faraday cage (thus the name Caged Lightning) which is lined with metal screens to protect the visitors; the coil uts out 1.5 million volts, setting the world record for being the World's Most Powerful Conical Coil, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.