Largest Padlock in the World?

Brian Morland MLA Hon

According to The Guinness book of Records in 1983, this was the largest working padlock in the world. It measures 20″ × 14″ × 3″, weighs 28lbs and is made of stainless steel.

I just wondered if this record has now been broken, or indeed what other large working padlocks are known around the world.

PS: This one is now part of the HoL collection.

Syd Waterman

Brian Morland wrote
According to The Guinness book of Records in 1983, this was the largest working padlock in the world. It measures 20″ × 14″ × 3″, weighs 28lbs and is made of stainless steel.

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I just wondered if this record has now been broken, or indeed what other large working padlocks are known around the world.

PS: This one is now part of the HoL collection.

Although not a contender for a Guinness World Record this large steel padlock manufactured by Scheibe & Langenbach as a shop window display measures 18″ × 14″ × 3 ⅝″ and weighs 22 lbs.
Many other manufactures would have made “over-sized” padlocks for display purposes.. It would be interesting to compile a record of them. . If you have an example please continue this thread.
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kwoswalt99

I saw one at the Ripley’s Believe It or Not museum which, IIRC was much larger, and once the world record holder.

http://www.locksmiths-r-us.co.uk/blog/index.php/biggest-locks/

Billy B Edwards Jr. CML

kwoswalt99 wrote
I saw one at the Ripley’s Believe It or Not museum which, IIRC was much larger, and once the world record holder.

http://www.locksmiths-r-us.co.uk/blog/index.php/biggest-locks/

It took me a while to find the picture, but here it is. I was with my friend AJ Hoffman at the Terryville show many years ago when he bought this in an auction there. IIRC I weighed in at around 120 pounds. To put the overall size in perspective, the key operated part that locked the shackle was a Folger Adam jail lock mounted between the sides. The sides were ¼″ steel plates. The lock was constructed by the Corp of Engineers somewhere in MA or CT and stood at the entry to the base for a number of years.
BBE.

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