| Largest Reflector Telescope |
alt-azimuth, 236.2 inch
telescope sited on Mt: Semnodriki (USSR) |
| Largest Refractor Telescope |
In Yerkes observatory, Chicago |
| Largest Radio Telescope |
Installed at US National
Science foundation. It is Y-shaped and each arm is 13 miles long. |
| Largest Museum |
American Museum of Natural
History, New York. |
| Largest Industrial building |
Nizhing Tagil Railroad car and
Tank Plant, USSR |
| Largest Commercial building |
Co-operative VBA, Netherlands |
| Tallest Building |
Sears Tower, Chicago (110
stories) |
| Largest Car Park |
West Edmonton Mall in
Edmonton, Canada |
| Largest Embassy |
USSR Embassy on Bei Xiao Jie,
Peking, China. |
| Largest Palace |
Imperial Palace (Gugong)
Beijing, China |
| Largest residental Pallace |
The palace of the Sultan of
Brunei. |
| Largest Hotel |
The Hilton Hotel in Las Vegas,
USA |
| Tallest Hotel |
Westin Stamford Hotel in
Raffles city, Singapore. |
| Largest Stadium |
Strahov Stadium in Prague,
Czechoslovakia |
| Tallest Tower |
C N Tower in Metro Centre,
Toronto, Canada. |
| Highest Bridge |
Second Lake Pontchartrain
causeway |
| Longest Canal |
Volga-Baltic canal, USSR |
| Largest Dam |
New Cornelia Tailings
earthfill dam, Arizona. |
| Highest Dam |
Grande Dixence in Switzerland |
| Largest Reservoir |
Bratsk reservoir, Angara
river, USSR |
| Tallest Fountain |
Fountain Hills, Arizona |
| Tallest Light House |
Steel Tower, Yokohama, Japan. |
| Tallest Statue |
"Motherland" on
Mamayev Hill, USSR |
| Longest Wall |
The great wall of china |
| Biggest Railway station |
Grand Terminal, New York. |
| Highest Railway station |
Condor, Bolivia |
| Longest Platform |
Khargpur platform, West
Bengal, India. |
| Largest Airport |
King Khalid International
Airport, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
| Highest Airport |
Lasa (Lhasa) Airport, Tibet. |
| Largest solar power plant |
"Solar I"
California, USA |
| Largest School |
South Point High School, Kolkatta, India. |
| Largest Mosque |
Umayyad Mosque, Damascus,
Syria |
| Largest Church |
St. Peters church, Vatican
city, Rome. |
| Largest Country |
The Soviet Union |
| Largest Bank |
"World Bank",
Washington, USA |
| Largest Library |
Library of Congress, Capital
Hill, USA |
| Largest Artificial Lake |
Lake Volta, Ghana |
| Largest Island |
Greenland |
| Largest fresh water lake |
Lake Superior USA |
