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The original was posted on /r/interestingasfuck by /u/Smokin_JoeFrazier_ on 2025-08-13 16:38:46+00:00.

Original Title: The World’s Largest Floating Dry Dock Was Towed Across the Atlantic to Bermuda in 1869 - When Britain needed a solution for ship repairs in the Atlantic, engineers in the 1860s built the largest floating dry dock ever attempted, a 380-foot iron structure weighing over 8,000 tons.