<![CDATA[io9: Really Giant Machines]]> http://cache.io9.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/io9.com.png <![CDATA[io9: Really Giant Machines]]> http://io9.com/tag/really giant machines http://io9.com/tag/really giant machines <![CDATA[The Roaring, Flaming Maw of the Electric Phosphate Smelting Furnace]]> Alfred T. Palmer took this photograph of raw industrial beauty in Alabama, 1942. What you're seeing is an enormous, high-tech (at the time) furnace for making elemental phosphorus, a chemical widely used in fertilizers. You can see the some of the engineering features of this machine in today's ultra-modern server rooms. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=348857&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Diving Into the Russian Nuclear Sub Wreck]]> The Kursk was a Russian nuclear cruise missile submarine that was lost under mysterious circumstances involving some explosions in 2000. Here it is a year later, dredged up from the waters by a Dutch crew. Want to see the insides? More »
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