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In 1872 the price of steel was one hundred and eighty-six dollars per gross ton.
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The damned thing got heavier and heavier till it must have weighed a gross ton.
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The 7,767 gross ton, 146-metre ship had a crew of 10.
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In 1827 the rate from Lowell to Boston was $2.00 the gross ton; but many articles were carried on much lower terms.
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The average consumption, and one which is approximately correct for ordinary conditions, is 2000 pounds of coke per gross ton (2240 pounds) of pig iron.
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Annually about three hundred million gross tons of freight pass through Bailey Yard.
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Those under 1,000 gross tons are not now commercially available for oversea trade.
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They have succeeded to such an extent that 84 gross tons of roots have been grown on an acre.
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The new ships, at about 135,000 gross tons, will be the biggest in Disney's fleet.
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Final stats: 151,400 gross tons and 1,132 feet.
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The fleet of the Hamburg-American line alone, among our many foreign rivals, aggregates 515,628 gross tons.
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By Custom-house measurement she was found to be 402 gross tons register, and 807 tons net.
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At 1,139 feet and 168,666 gross tons, the ship was essentially a skyscraper laid on its side.
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NOTE.-World'smerchant tonnage, as of June 30, 1914, totaled 49,089,552 gross tons, or, roughly, 73,634,328 deadweight tons.
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It takes a lot of fuel to move 220,000 gross tons of cruise ship, and fuel costs money.
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The capital cost of this new construction will be approximately $250,000,000, involving approximately 460,000 gross tons.