General Record

No.	General Record Braker	Name
01	Most populous City in the world	Shanghai
02	Longest Railway Platform	Kharagpur(India),2733 ft.
03	Longest Railroad Tunnel	Seikan (Japan),33.5 miles
04	Longest Suspension Bridge	Verrazano-Narrows, 13700 ft.long,USA
05	Longest Dam	Hirakund(India),15.8 miles
06	Highest Dam	Rogusky (U.S.S.R.),1066 ft.
07	Largest Dam	Kariba (Rhodesia),149000000 acre ft.in volume
08	Longest Road Highway Tunnel	St.Goldhard(Switzerland),10.01 miles
09	Longest Seaway	St.Lawrence seaway(U.S.A.-Canada),189 miles
10	Largest Passenger Ship	Queen Elizabeth II (83000 tonnes)(U.K.)
11	Largest Merchant Ship	Pierre Guillaumat (france),555031 DWT Tonnage
12	Largest Diamond Mine	At Kimberly,South Africa
13	Largest Diamond	Cullinan(Over 1 1/2 lbs.)
14	Tallest Statue	Motherland, an enormous female figure (U.S.S.R.)
15	Largest Temple	Angkor-Vat (Cambodia), 1400 yds. by 1400 yds.
16	Largest Church	Basilica of St.Peter,Vatican City,611 ft.in length and 18110 sq.yds.in area.
17	Tallest Church	Ulm Cathedral (Ger.),529 ft.high
18	Largest Mosque	Jumma Masjid (Delhi),Over 10000 sq.ft. in area
19	Largest Indoor Theatre	Radio City Music Hall (New York),accommodates 6200 persons.
20	Deepest Boring	An oil well of 25340 ft.(Texas, U.S.A.)
21	Largest Palace	The Palace at Vatican City,area 13.5 acres
22	Largest University Building	Lomonosov University (Moscow), has 32 stories
23	Tallest Tower	Tokyo Tower (Japan) 1000 ft.high
24	Biggest Library	United states Library of congress,Washington D.C. Containing over 41874900 titles.
25	Largest Reflector Telescope	Mt.Semirodriki (U.S.S.R.)
26	Largest Bell	Tsar Kolokol at Kremlin (Moscow),weight 193 tons
27	Largest Dome	Astrodome in U.S.A.;outside diameter is 216 metres.
28	Largest Pearl	Pearl of Allah,weighs 14 lbs.2 oz.
29	Biggest Railway Station	Grand Central Terminal(New york),with 47 platforms,48 acres in area.
30	Longest Port	New York Harbour (U.S.A.)
31	Longest Corridor	Rameshwaram Temple's Corridor (India),400 ft.
32	Biggest Auditorium	Municipal Auditorium at Atlantic City (U.S.A.),covers an area of 7 acres.
33	Biggest Stadium	Strahov Stadium (Prague),accommodates 240000 spectators.
34	Biggest Hotel	Conrad Hilton (Chicago,U.s.A.), has 25 floors.
35	Largest Aquarium	John J.Shedd Aquarium,Illinois,(U.S.A.)
36	Biggest Museum	American Museum of Natural History has an area of 23 acres.
37	Largest Thoroughfare	Broadway (New York)
38	Highest Airfield	Ladakh Airfields (Kashmir,India),14230 ft.above sea-level.
39	Biggest Zoo	Etosha Reserve(S.W.Africa),38500 sq.miles
40	Largest Park	Yellowstone National Park (USA)
41	Longest Railway Line	Trans-siberian Railway (USSR) connecting Moscow to Vladivostok
42	Largest Office building	Pentagon (Arlington,U.S.A.),over 34 acres of floor area.
43	Tallest Building	Sears Tower(Chicago), 442 m.
44	Highest Suspension Bridge	Over royal Gorge (Colorado,U.S.A.),1053 ft.high
45	Longest Cantilever Bridge	Quebec (Over St.Lawrence River,Canada),3239 ft.in length.
46	Longest Railway Bridge	Lower Zambesi (Mozambique,Africa),12054 ft.
47	Largest Hydro-electric Plant	Krasnoyarsk (USSR),6096 M.W. capacity
48	Highest Straight Gravity Dam	Bhakra Dam(India), 740 ft.
49	Largest Sculptures	Mount Rushmore National Memorial(Black Hills,S.Dakota,U.S.A.)
50	Highest Lighthouse	Bishop Rock (England), 146 ft.high
51	Longest Viaduct	Lake Panchhartrain Causeway (Louisiana,U.S.A.), with a total length of 24 miles
52	Longest Wall	Great Wall of China(1400 miles)
53	Longest recognised swimming course	English Channel (23 miles,calais to Dover)