7 Record Breaking Elevators Of The Modern World

7 RECORD BREAKING ELEVATORS / OF THE MODERN WORLD 1 THE HIGHEST & FASTEST ELEVATOR THE BURJ DUBAI THE WORLD'S TALLEST MANMADE STRUCTURE - The highest elevator rise (504 metre) - World's fastest elevator (64 km/h) - Building with the most floors (163) - World's highest nightclub (144th floor) THE LARGEST ELEVATOR THE UMEDA HANKYU BUILDING ELEVATORS, JAPAN - Building contains five 105m? elevators - Each can carry 80 passengers - Each can carry a maximum load of 5 tons The building contains a total of 25 Mitsubishi elevators 3. THE DEEPEST ELEVATOR THE MPONENG GOLD MINE ELEVATOR, SOUTH AFRICA - Extends 3037m underground - 4000 workers carried to and from the mine daily - 3-story elevator cages carry up to 120 miners THE BUSIEST ELEVATORS LOS ANGELES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT - The world's busiest origin and destination airport - Served 61.8 million passengers in 2011 - Otis installed 40 energy efficient elevators to cater for the 30 airlines operating at the terminal TALLEST OUTDOOR ELEVATOR THE BAILONG ELEVATOR IN CHINA - The world's highest outdoor lift - Carries passengers 1,070ft in 60 seconds - Cost an estimated £12m to build 6. THE COOLEST ELEVATOR THE RISING TIDE BAR ON BOARD THE MS OASIS OF THE SEAS - Boasts a fully stocked bar that contains 35 seats - Takes 8 minutes to reach the top deck THE MOST BIOLOGICALLY DIVERSE ELEVATOR THE AQUADOM ELEVATOR IN THE RADISSON BLU HOTEL IN BERLIN GERMANY - 25 metre tall aquarium - 1,000,000 litres of seawater - 1,500 fish from 50 different species - Cost €12.8 million Radisser GARTEC LEADING THE PLATFORM LIFT INDUSTRY SOURCES: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burj_Khalifa http://www.rovinginsight.org/library/?id%3D496&/product-tech/science-mitsubishi-elevator.php http://www.wired.com/magazine/2011/02/st_ultradeepmines/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_International_Airport http://trifter.com/africa/south-africa/the-worlds-deepest-gold-mine/ http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/engineering/gonzo/worlds-18-strangest-elevators-rising-tide-bar http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AquaDom