Repainting the tower - a job that requires 50 tons of paint - is done every seven years.

It was predicted to require 4 million tons of aggregates in its construction.

The garden required 20 tons, or 15 cubic yards.

Britain required more than a million tons of imported material per week in order to be able to survive and fight.

The torus would require nearly 10 million tons of mass.

The first load of F-1 required 46 tons.

Despite this, a large warship could still require up to 100 tons of fresh water makeup to the feedwater system, when under full power.

That effort will require 480,000 tons of food every month.

The work required more than two tons of bamboo cut from 650 poles.

Kings Island invested over $4 million on the ride that required 750 tons of steel to construct.