The Three Gorges Dam is a hydroelectric gravity dam that spans the Yangtze River in Central China. It is the world's largest power station in terms of installed capacity (22,500 MW).7mo ⋅ _SP3CT3R ⋅ r/EngineeringPorn
Meet THOR24. This monster has 3,000 HP and supercharged 24 cylinder Peterbilt.4yr ⋅ camtec ⋅ r/EngineeringPorn
Beautiful shot of the inside of one of the tanks in a tanker... Impressive size5yr ⋅ Roicker ⋅ r/EngineeringPorn
Single car ferry powered by the vehicle it's carrying demonstrated in Germany in 19343yr ⋅ jacksmachiningreveng ⋅ r/EngineeringPorn
Maneuvering Area of an S5W reactor plant on a U.S. Navy nuclear powered submarine.8mo ⋅ PrisonaPlanet ⋅ r/EngineeringPorn
ex. Los Angeles Flight I class USS La Jolla (SSN-701) during conversion to Moored Training Ship MTS-701, Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, Virginia, 29/09/15. Photo by Shayne Hensley. Note the massive AN/BQS-13 spherical sonar array.1yr ⋅ _SP3CT3R ⋅ r/EngineeringPorn
A-7B/E Corsair II ejection seat trials on a rocket sled at China Lake in 19811yr ⋅ jacksmachiningreveng ⋅ r/EngineeringPorn
Ultra high pressure washer for stripping road markings and runway rubber6yr ⋅ aloofloofah ⋅ r/EngineeringPorn
MOVING AN OBELISK: The emperor Caligula brought a great stone obelisk from Egypt to the Circus Nero in Rome. It was a 327-ton monolith, 83 feet long. In 1586,Pope Sixtus V ordered the obelisk moved to the Piazza where St. Peter's Basilica was going up.4mo ⋅ zora ⋅ r/EngineeringPorn
The new track bike of the British national cycling team. Is all about he aerodynamics (they ride at 55/60kmh)4yr ⋅ giuliomagnifico ⋅ r/EngineeringPorn
The Under Construction Chenab Railway Bridge to be completed by end of 2022., part of the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla railway line in India2yr ⋅ wickedGamer65 ⋅ r/EngineeringPorn
This incredibly satisfying up close GIF of a lathe cutting through metal is top notch engineering porn.5yr ⋅ swed1shchef ⋅ r/EngineeringPorn
The largest crane vessel in the world; SSCV Sleipnir! (Info in the comments)3yr ⋅ HoodieNL ⋅ r/EngineeringPorn
These specialized chain tires that are used in the extreme heat of steel mills.4yr ⋅ meer2323 ⋅ r/EngineeringPorn
A 9000 hp spiral turbine being built in Germany for a power plant in Norway in 19286yr ⋅ ibkeepr ⋅ r/EngineeringPorn
The ‘sails’ of the Sydney Opera House are all parts of the surface of the same 75m radius sphere.3wk ⋅ Rd28T ⋅ r/EngineeringPorn
FLIP (FLoating Instrument Platform) is a 355ft (108m) research platform that deployed for oceanographic research and flipped 90°6yr ⋅ bvadimb123 ⋅ r/EngineeringPorn
A plastic skeleton partially filled with fluorescent fluid used to study the effects of radiation on the human body, 19614yr ⋅ ibkeepr ⋅ r/EngineeringPorn
FLIP (FLoating Instrument Platform) is a 355ft (108m) research platform that deployed for oceanographic research and flipped 90°7yr ⋅ aloofloofah ⋅ r/EngineeringPorn
Test Pilot George Aird flying an English Electric Lightning F1 ejected from his plane at only about 100 feet in 1962. He survived.6yr ⋅ Semi-Hemi-Demigod ⋅ r/EngineeringPorn
The 'jesus nut' is the bolt at the top of a helicopter shaft. It is named so because it were to fail in flight, the only thing left to do would be to pray to Jesus.5yr ⋅ neymar_jr17 ⋅ r/EngineeringPorn
Big Chute Marine Railway, Ontario, Canada. (x-post from /r/mechanicalgifs)6yr ⋅ JolietJakeLebowski ⋅ r/EngineeringPorn
The ESS target monolith containment vessel and outer sheilding. (Details in comments)2yr ⋅ Shadowslipping ⋅ r/EngineeringPorn
Oil fire-fighting machine made from pair of MiG engines & tank parts6yr ⋅ aloofloofah ⋅ r/EngineeringPorn
A dual output shaft speed reducer with self contained lube system being constructed at the Falk Steelworks in Milwaukee, WI in 19694yr ⋅ ibkeepr ⋅ r/EngineeringPorn
The Clock of the Long Now, also called the 10,000-year clock, is a proposed mechanical clock designed to keep accurate time for 10,000 years.6yr ⋅ kymray ⋅ r/EngineeringPorn
Graphene Aerogel – Officially the Lightest Solid Material in the World3yr ⋅ Polarisman ⋅ r/EngineeringPorn
Tilt rotor of a V-22 Osprey. Definitely a hydraulic nightmare during maintenance.5yr ⋅ hughmungousslong ⋅ r/EngineeringPorn
Plastic inserts at a children's playground to prevent getting their fingers jammed5yr ⋅ Polarisman ⋅ r/EngineeringPorn
The surface of Venus, taken by Russia’s Venera 13 spacecraft. It lasted 127 minutes before succumbing to the Planet’s extremely harsh atmosphere.5yr ⋅ gbarghachie ⋅ r/EngineeringPorn
Sweden wanted a bridge, Denmark wanted a tunnel, they compromised6yr ⋅ crypto_napartej ⋅ r/EngineeringPorn
Turning screws inside a piece of wood using a magnetic drill6yr ⋅ ShorthandResolution ⋅ r/EngineeringPorn
This is a working particle accelerator built using LEGO bricks. It's called it the LBC (Large Brick Collider) and it can accelerate a LEGO soccer ball to just over 12.5 kilometers per hour5yr ⋅ BlueCandyBars ⋅ r/EngineeringPorn
strange transmission tower in italy (45.27290237,9.05693926)1yr ⋅ VALERIOBATTAGLIA07 ⋅ r/EngineeringPorn
Father of the SR-71 Blackbird hiding in a giant, satellite-proof box on the highway [800 x 450]6yr ⋅ FerryLunchBox ⋅ r/EngineeringPorn
I need a list of every mad thing we got before GTA 6 (preferably with images)5mo ⋅ cronossalah ⋅ r/EngineeringPorn
Electrical discharge machining leads to these perfectly fitted steel puzzles6yr ⋅ chap0000 ⋅ r/EngineeringPorn
The only picture ever taken of Concorde flying at Mach 2 (1,350 mph). Taken from an RAF Tornado fighter jet, which only rendezvoused with Concorde for 4 minutes over the Irish Sea: The Tornado was rapidly running out of fuel, struggling to keep up with Concorde at Mach 26yr ⋅ Semi-Hemi-Demigod ⋅ r/EngineeringPorn
Space Shuttle Discovery in the VAB(Vehicle Assembly Building) at NASA Kennedy Space Center.3yr ⋅ _SP3CT3R ⋅ r/EngineeringPorn
8-speed plug-in hybrid transmission cutout at the Detroit Auto Show5yr ⋅ LieutenantSheridan ⋅ r/EngineeringPorn
Generator inside mostly un-touched Nuclear VIP Bunker with Rube Goldberg esque trip wire and weighted fire suppression system (vid in comments)1yr ⋅ PumpkinAutomatic5068 ⋅ r/EngineeringPorn
Colomban Cri-Cri is the smallest twin-engined manned aircraft in the world, designed in the early 1970s6yr ⋅ aloofloofah ⋅ r/EngineeringPorn
I made a desk ornament for our construction firm showing of different sizes of rebar and inner bending radius. (8, 10, 12, 16, 20, 25mm)3yr ⋅ GB-threepwoodworker ⋅ r/EngineeringPorn
Test fitting of sheilding blocks into the target monolith at the European Spallation Source (ESS). Lund, Sweden.8mo ⋅ Shadowslipping ⋅ r/EngineeringPorn
