Saturday, July 17, 2021

Excavator


Something I never miss to check - the construction of an excavator on top of a building - when nearing Trichy on the national highway with Chennai. In the beginning, perhaps in 2006, when I first saw the excavator, I wondered how they lift that heavy machine to the top of the building without realizing that it was a concrete structure. 

The excavator is built west facing and comes on the highway's right side when driving from Chennai and a few hundred meters from Trichy SRM Medical College. I learned that the excavator (structure) and the entire building belong to the MIHM Heavy machinery driving school. A place that seemed to train people in handling heavy machines.

The images here were shot in 2016 when returning from Kodaikanal via Trichy.

8 comments:

mun said...

How ingenious! What better way to show that the building belongs to MIHM Heavy machinery driving school than to build a concrete structure on top in the shape of an excavator. So eye catching too.

carol l mckenna said...

Intriguing photo ~ amazing ~ namaste ~

Living in the moment,

A ShutterBug Explores,
aka (A Creative Harbor)

Gosia said...

An interesting machine

Tom said...

...it certainly catches your eye.

George said...

That is definitely an attention-getter!

Bill said...

Ceratainly gets your attention, great shot!

Nancy Chan said...

At first glance I too thought it was a real excavator. Have a happy new week.

kestrel said...

I reckon it is certainly creative advertising, NO words needed. I like the colours.