03-09-2010, 11:45 AM
The AquaDom in Berlin, Germany
What do you do with a 25-meter-high acrylic glass cylinder, 238,000 gallons of sea water, 2,600 fish from 56 different species, and two divers? The Aquadom, the largest cylindrical aquarium in the world, that's what. In its core there's an elevator that travels through a cylinder of glass.
Located in the atrium of the 5-star Radisson SAS Hotel in Berlin Mitte, the $18.8 million aquarium is 36 feet in diameter and sits on a 29.5-foot-tall concrete foundation. Without a doubt, the most impressive thing about the aquarium from an engineering point of view is the glass surface. Built by Reynolds Polymer Technology, it required 41 R-Cast pannels, 26 for the outside cylinder and 15 panels for the inside, plus 16 on-site bonds. The precision of the work, required to hold that water volume and pressure, it's amazing
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11-23-2010, 03:28 AM
Those pics look just like the AquaDom in Berlin, Germany.
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what i wouldn't give to go diving in that. at the bottom of that size tank, you'd be at a little over 50psi.
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That's one of the coolest things I have ever seen in my life. Hey max, how would you like an aquarium like that!
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