Home

Engineering Marvel Quotes

There are 151 quotes

"The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge, often referred to as the HZMB, is a marvel of modern engineering."
"The Mark II was truly the pinnacle of land train design: a vast, heavily powered machine capable of traversing huge distances."
"The Maya and K is actually an Olmec calendar. Maya Long Count calendar, a Marvel of ancient engineering, intricately tracked a 5,125-year cycle with astonishing precision."
"A megastructure of unprecedented scale and complexity that will connect central Europe to Scandinavia like never before."
"The ingenuity and engineering skills of ancient peoples can still be seen in the pyramid structures that have survived to this day."
"Machu Picchu: a mysterious wonder of Inca engineering."
"An incredible bridge dubbed the eighth wonder of the world after its completion in 1882 is now a pedestrian walking to visitors."
"The Panama Canal bridged the Pacific and the Atlantic Oceans, eliminating a journey of 8,000 miles."
"It is a feat we would struggle to recreate even to this day, clearly demonstrating an ancient high technology that has undoubtedly been lost over the millennia."
"This car was in fact a marvel of modern engineering."
"It's an incredibly complex machine and an absolute amazing feat of engineering."
"Honestly, after everything that I've just said, I think the greatest thing about this car is the fact that it even exists at all."
"Zadra looks absolutely incredible, it's over 200 foot tall, it's got three inversions, and honestly I think it's got some really nice elements."
"The international space station: one of the most amazing things ever made by humans."
"X2 stands as a testament to the magic of engineering, and it will continue to delight thrill seekers for generations to come."
"The Avro Arrow: lightning in a bottle, possibly the greatest aviation aircraft the world has ever seen."
"A tribute to Mechazilla - the GOAT, or Greatest Of All Time."
"It's amazing how they hide the track in this thing."
"The International Space Station: largest structure humanity has put into space."
"This thing is literally two 1911s in one, it's crazy!"
"It's sickening. We're gonna fight back on your behalf."
"To track a small moving object with such a small temperature difference from the environment from another object traveling half the speed of sound from a few kilometers away is actually a super impressive feat of Engineering."
"The engineering that goes into make a car run at 268 miles an hour is pretty amazing."
"Starhopper was such a crazy thing, what an amazing test program so far."
"Since we're talking about underwater tunnels, we can't exactly miss talking about the longest underwater railway tunnel in the world, the Channel Tunnel."
"The tunnel cost a few million dollars. It had lights, ventilation, and a rail line on which a mounted motorcycle would speed him to a construction site a mile away."
"Even though the windows go up and down, they're still quiet, I mean god, what an amazing machine."
"Two of the most amazing spacecraft ever launched."
"Guoliang Tunnel Road, China: A testament to the hard work of 13 locals who carved the long road through the mountain."
"The precision engineering of this complex looping world is held in balance by Deathloop's combat system."
"It's still their only one to date for such a compact design it has a total of four inversions."
"There are different technological risks for both of them right now Fusion is so incredibly impactful and important for humankind."
"How could a 60-year-old plane possibly surpass a much more advanced one that’s only a few years old?"
"What a cool car, what a well-done marvel of a vehicle."
"I thought about the Hoover Dam, that blockage of that body of water creates a redirection and that redirection creates power."
"The Bagger 288 strip miner is the Guinness record holder for the largest terrestrial vehicle."
"The Swing Bridge: driven by water, a marvel of hydraulic engineering."
"It remains an incredibly impressive feat of engineering that completely defies expectations."
"The Titan submersible, a marvel of modern engineering, is a testament to human curiosity and our unending quest to explore the unknown."
"What's absolutely mind-blowing is just how usable Bugatti managed to make this."
"When you jam-pack 6 monstrous jet engines into one aircraft, and give it a sleek and futuristic design, you get something that looks fast, even when it’s standing still."
"99 Bend Road to Heaven: where human engineering meets religion, spirituality, and culture."
"It's like an unbelievable piece of engineering."
"The bagger 288 is big and I mean really damn big when it was finally completed in 1978 the titan became the largest land vehicle in the world."
"The Terracotta Army: one of the ancient world's greatest engineering, manufacturing, and artistic achievements."
"The McLaren F1 is generally considered to be one of the all-time greatest cars."
"But let's be real, miles above this base, and let's be real, five miles above anything I could build."
"Look at the movement of this airplane, that's pretty cool."
"In its superb timing, as in all its proportions, the Brooklyn Bridge forever entwines the solid fulfillment of technology with the eternal yearning of the spirit."
"The orbital ring is a space elevator that revolves around the Earth in orbit using a rotating cable."
"The largest ever lego model made was a one-to-one perfect replica of an x-wing, using almost five and a half million lego bricks."
"Power is stamped into the sheet metal when they're building this car. Power."
"It's amazing to see the engineering at play here."
"The road bound about 16 feet below the water's surface consists of meticulously placed Stone plates forming a pathway roughly 13 feet wide."
"The tallest freestanding drop tower in the world."
"The extraordinary stabilizing capacity, the power of the tower, is the magic behind the engineering of the bridge."
"Another unique attraction that you might enjoy is to journey to Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site that spans the deep valley. It's a marvel of engineering designed by Thomas Telford."
"It's the largest mobile crane in the world that can drive on the road."
"Standing tall at a jaw-dropping 565 meters, this bridge doesn't just break records, it sends skyscrapers blushing in shame."
"It is truly an engineering Marvel and I am constantly impressed by how much I learned as a builder when putting this together."
"They had meaning and purpose. This was an engineering Marvel."
"A true marvel of ancient engineering."
"This tunnel is a marvel of modern engineering stretching the 31.35 miles under the English Channel between Coquel in northern France and Folkestone in southeast England."
"The heaviest stone block at Balbach is 1650 tons so that's gigantic beyond belief but there it stands."
"This building not only has the visible engineering marvel of a huge unsupported arch but equally impressive is that they built this into a swamp."
"What an incredible feat of engineering. Very cool indeed."
"Far above the crest of any other dam yet built by man or likely to be built for years to come."
"...seeing the fact that this has an inch thick plate on top which is crazy..."
"It really is an engineering marvel to make this possible."
"It's just an engineering marvel how they got this all together in this little case I just have to show it to you."
"This thing is a weapon. This thing is literally a beast."
"Did I mention that this is the first ever application in the Porsche world of more than six Pistons in the front calipers?"
"A tower crane is the ultimate lifting machine."
"The spaceship Columbia is a phenomenon, it is an incredibly amazing piece of machinery."
"One of the things I loved was they've got a huge thing called a transporter bridge."
"...the Suez Canal was an artificial sea level Waterway running north to south across the Isthmus of Suez in Egypt to connect the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea..."
"Pretty fascinating, the engineering that goes into this."
"It's overwhelming sense of nostalgia and awe in this unbelievable piece of engineering."
"The Mio Viaduct is the second longest cable-stayed bridge in the world."
"The pyramids of Egypt stand as a wonder for modern researchers; they are feats of engineering and design that remain challenging to replicate even with our current technology."
"This is amazing, this is like the first underwater tunnel."
"Carpin's pile has been working continuously for almost 70 years."
"It's quite stunning really, the size of the task that they had to build the canal and cut into the Pennines in that way, it's huge, monumental."
"This ginormous man-made lake has a 4.5 million acre-foot capacity."
"It's an absolute pleasure to see such a tiny engine working so well."
"It's astounding, it's just testament to how good these engines are and how efficient they are as well."
"The ship's massive engines kept its propellers turning week after week."
"Airplanes weighing up to half a million pounds hurdle into the sky carrying hundreds of passengers."
"The engineering on this is just incredible."
"Steam engine is perhaps the nearest thing that man has made to a living being."
"She was the pinnacle of all the size, power, and luxury shipbuilders can muster."
"Golden Gate Bridge has become an internationally recognized symbol of California."
"Thanks to the world's widest sea level canal spanning 480 feet from shore to shore."
"The Large Hadron Collider stands as one of the most remarkable achievements of modern science and engineering."
"The radial gates have not opened to release water from Lake Wivenhoe since 2011, but when these massive gates open onto the spillway, it's an awesome spectacle."
"It does things something this size really never should, never could, and if it wasn't for modern engineering, never would."
"The city that is just completely sitting on water is a really amazing accomplishment and concept that human beings just did, and it's so stunning."
"The engine room of the Queen Mary hangs from each wing of an A-12 or an SR-71."
"The Bare Mountain Bridge has historical significance as it was one of the longest suspension bridges in the world upon its completion in 1924."
"From launch to landing, this machine is an awe-inspiring demonstration of science and engineering in action."
"It just amazes me that they were able to engineer such a big dome so long ago."
"This is amazing the Engineering on the rock here now."
"The evolution of these cars is insane."
"The International Space Station or ISS weighs 460 tons, is the size of a football field, and floats above us 240 miles above Earth."
"Can a Formula 1 car really drive upside down in a tunnel? The answer to that question is quite simply, yes it can."
"450 horsepower from a twin-turbo, twin-intercooler, race-proven engine with a six-speed manual transmission, all-wheel drive, hollow spoke wheels, 0 to 60 in like four seconds, top speed of over 190 miles an hour."
"We just went through the longest shared car train tunnel in North America, 2.2 miles and a thousand feet under the mountain."
"An average life of 50,000 hours without repair, which considering how complicated it is, is pretty amazing."
"The choreography of power and finesse extracts submerged treasures, showcasing the prowess of this engineering marvel in aquatic excavation."
"This dam is much bigger when you're walking across it than it looks from far away."
"It's amazing, every turn, every angle, it does something."
"This giant iron spider structure was designed by engineer Edwin Clark, and officially opened in 1875."
"We are landing on the moon with a rocket that's like 300 ft tall, with a computer the equivalent of a pocket calculator."
"It was one of the greatest engineering projects the world had ever seen."
"The Panama Canal is a system of locks that lets boats traverse overland from the Atlantic to the Pacific ocean or vice versa across the Isthmus of Panama."
"It's just amazing the way the continuous variable transmission interacts with the engine is seamless."
"The Itaipú Hydroelectric Dam, which in Guarani means 'sounding stone'."
"The largest aircraft that ever flew was the Antonov 225 Mriya."
"And what an absolutely magnificent piece of kit this is."
"This ship weighs 248,000 gross tons, five times the size of the Titanic."
"Sarens SGC giant cranes are the largest cranes on the planet, built for a world where nothing is impossible."
"Blueprint your feet, and you will find a marvel that engineers have been trying to match for centuries."
"Building the Titanic was no small feat."
"We can literally walk from one mountain to the other on a sky bridge."
"The XL1 just goes to show, even 10 years after it came out, it's still an amazing piece of engineering."
"It's pretty amazing piece of engineering when you think about it."
"The Brooklyn Bridge opens, a miraculous construction seemingly well ahead of its time."
"The Akashi Kaikyo Bridge is a testament to Japan's expertise in constructing monumental and technologically advanced bridge structures."
"Thanks to this marvel of engineering, ships can zip between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans in a fraction of the time."
"Flight is an engineering marvel and as far as I'm concerned it's a miracle anything, anything at all can fly let alone a bird who is specifically born to do so naturally and effortlessly."
"From an engineering perspective and a design perspective, this thing is absolutely amazing."
"It was the fastest authenticated speed reached by a steam locomotive."
"Submarines... are amazing pieces of machinery."
"Everything I have talked about and shown you here has barely scratched the surface of the history of this incredibly complex marvel of human engineering and willpower."
"The world's first skyscraper, the ancient Egyptians' engineering prowess was just astonishing."
"This thing is running over 500 brake horsepower; it's an absolute animal."
"These mechanical marvels are the beating heart of the submarine."
"Gateshead's Millennium Bridge was a world first when it was built."
"What an amazing piece of engineering, really isn't it, how are we up here on this bridge, Jesus."
"Once you see that, you realize how well engineered these things were; you start to understand the possibilities."
"Your son will be quite a marvel of engineering."
"An absolute feat of engineering for the RS division at Porsche."