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Coming soon, $10bln floating city that docks from port to port!

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ANI Melbourne

Designers have released a computer-generated pic of the world's first ever 10 billion dollar floating city.

The 'Freedom Ship', which will looks like a multi-storey carpark, is set to be 1.6 kilometre long and will have enough space for 50,000 permanent residents within its 25 storeys, schools, hospitals, art galleries, shops, parks, an aquarium and a casino, News.com.au reported.

The vessel will also have its own airport on the roof, with a runway serving small private and commercial aircraft carrying up to 40 passengers each and will be 229 metres at the beam, 107 metres high and 1.3 km in length.

The ship, which will be powered by solar panels and wave energy, would spend 70 percent of its time anchored off major cities and the rest sailing between countries as it would navigate from the east coast of the US across the Atlantic to Europe and into the Mediterranean.

 

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First Published: Nov 29 2013 | 11:43 AM IST

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