Tubeflix's video: The Giant Mechanical Spider In The World - La Machine Liverpool

La Princesse is a 15-metre spider designed and operated by French performance art company La Machine. The was showcased in , England, as part of the 2008 European Capital of Culture celebrations, travelling around the city between 3-7 September. In 2009, it was on display in Yokohama, Japan, as part of Yokohama's 150th anniversary of its port opening. The spider was built in Nantes in France, using steel and poplar wood and complex hydraulics, and took an entire year to construct. It weighs 37 tonnes, has 50 axes of movement and is operated by up to 12 people strapped to its body. When operated, it moves at 2 miles per hour; to move it around the streets requires 16 cranes, six forklift trucks, eight cherry pickers and 250 crew. The spider had seven different special effects: rain, flame, smoke, wind, snow, light and sound. -------------------------- Welcome to World Accord – a huge library of the best, the most interesting and engaging videos. We tell about the most amazing and bizarre stuff from around the world. So, if you like to learn new things, then you definitely should subscribe to us. Get your daily dose of new information on everything that surrounds you!