This is The Great Elephant, one of the machines of the Isle of Nantes. Its a simpler relative of The Sultans Elephant, requiring only one operator instead of 22.\r
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This is The Great Elephant, one of the machines of the Isle of Nantes. Its a simpler relative of The Sultans Elephant, requiring only one operator instead of 22.\r
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The Great Elephant This incredible piece of engineering and art is situated in Nantes, France. Do you remember the Giant Spider build by the same two .\r
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12m de haut et 8m de large - 45 tones dacier et de bois (tulipier de Virginie) - Carcasse irriguée par 4 tonnes dhuile hydraulique - Moteur 450 chevaux .