Post #1822363

Der Schwer­belastungs­körper und Die Schwer­belastungs­körperaussichts­plattform, from Greg Allen: https://greg.org/archive/2026/04/10/der-schwerbelastungskorper-und-die-schwerbelastungskorperaussichtsplattform.html In 1941 Hitler’s architect Albert Speer got approval to build a giant triumphal arch on a main axis of a redesigned Berlin, and quickly built the Schwerbelastungskörper, or heavy load-bearing structure, to test the ability of the marshy soil to support such a ridiculously large structure.