The world’s largest water pump is not just a big mag drive with a huge sticker price, it also plans to be a safeguard against rising floodwater in New Orleans. At $500 million for the entire installation, the impeller on this giant flood pump alone probably costs more than your entire LFS and it is taking over four years to build. The image above of the part dwarfing the truck is just the diesel engine that will power the massive water pumping device. A particularly attractive feature of this Kraken sized pump is automatic sweepers that keep the intake strainer clean of debris; you know like the trees, shingle and small cars that get sucked in when there’s a flood.
