This is The Great Elephant, one of the machines of the Isle of Nantes. Its a simpler relative of The Sultans Elephant, requiring only one operator instead of 22.\rbr\rbrThis is The Great Elephant, one of the machines of the Isle of Nantes. Its a simpler relative of The Sultans Elephant, requiring only one operator instead of 22.\rbr\rbr\rbr\rbrThe Great Elephant This incredible piece of engineering and art is situated in Nantes, France. Do you remember the Giant Spider build by the same two .\rbr\rbr12m de haut et 8m de large - 45 tones dacier et de bois (tulipier de Virginie) - Carcasse irriguée par 4 tonnes dhuile hydraulique - Moteur 450 chevaux .