3. World Records Held by BAT

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96 elevators with push-buttons, controlled by a central system, gave BAT the largest capacity for freight elevators when built. (Today, there are 27 freight elevators). BAT was also the largest military supply base in the world through the end of World War II and held a record in the Book of World Records for how much concrete was mixed and poured in a day. As Urban Omnibus reminds readers, “This was in 1918. Their equipment was a horse and wagon.” Not surprisingly, BAT was also the largest concrete building in the world when completed.