Each open magazine was designed to hold 56 tons of bombs.
The ten-ton cars held 65 passengers each or up to four tons.
The new design was found to be more stable, and a train now held 210 tons of coal.
It fell through twenty feet of space, down into a ladle that held two hundred tons.
A central magazine in the barracks could hold 67 tons of gunpowder.
They could hold 7000 gallons of water and 13.5 tons of coal.
The trailer has three axles and can hold 16.5 tons.
After marching all night and near exhaustion, we came to a bridge rated to hold 30 tons.
A building must be strong enough to support a pool that may hold 50 tons of water.
When used as an ice house it could hold between 6,000 and 8,000 tons of ice.