So they just got this giant magnet thats supposedly able to lift an aircraft carrier to France. How do they move something like that??
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The question is better rephrased as how do they move an electro magnet that weights 220,000 pounds (110 tons) and is a 4.25 metre-wide cylinder that is 1 story tall. The answer is a piece of specialty equipment a semi with trailer that has 24 axles (so 48 wheels) and will only be moved at night.
[I mean here is a 120 ton transport](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Jua-hKY3siM/maxresdefault.jpg), just looks like a normal semi trailer but longer with way more wheels. Looks like they are using an unloaded modern US aircraft carrier as they are saying 90,000 tons so this thing when completed can “lift” 136 times it’s own weight as they are talking about the completed magnet with all 6 segments when powered up.
[Edit: I found a drawing of what it will look like being moved in this article.](https://www.graphicnews.com/en/pages/41484/science-building-the-worlds-most-powerful-magnet)
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