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To create "Arch," a rock and steel structure on the boardwalk at Redondo Beach in Seattle, John dynamited and fractured a 40-ton slab of solid rock then reassembled it intentionally leaving a few parts out like a jigsaw puzzle.

Darby Roach: Sculptor John T. Young, Turning Swords into Plowshares Darby Roach 2011

The Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle, a nearly 40-ton behemoth, can launch far from shore beyond the range of most guns and missiles and skim across the water at high speed, allowing Marines to attack enemies unpredictably.

Marines forge ahead with new landing craft 2010

From 120 feet away, it can lift a 40-ton block, 20,000 of which will be used to create a breakwater to protect the port from winter storms.

For Port Expansion, It's Full Speed Ahead John W. Miller 2010

Chris de Bode/Panos Pictures for The Wall Street Journal The Blockbuster crane, above, can lift a 40-ton block from 120 feet away.

For Port Expansion, It's Full Speed Ahead John W. Miller 2010

To create "Arch," a rock and steel structure on the boardwalk at Redondo Beach in Seattle, John dynamited and fractured a 40-ton slab of solid rock then reassembled it intentionally leaving a few parts out like a jigsaw puzzle.

Darby Roach: Sculptor John T. Young, Turning Swords into Plowshares Darby Roach 2011

Some neighbors expressed unhappiness, particularly when 40-ton cranes started erecting 30-foot concrete walls and big pump concrete trucks showed up at 5 a.m. one neighbor phoned the police, citing a disturbance of the peace.

Contrarians Pour On the Concrete Nancy Keates 2010

Your humpbacks have long been known for their singing ability (their first solo album came out in the 1970s) but are now increasingly in demand for stunt work with their breaching trick where they jump full-bodied out of the water like 40-ton versions of snowboarder Shaun White.

David Helvarg: Sexy Celebrity Seas 2010

Your humpbacks have long been known for their singing ability (their first solo album came out in the 1970s) but are now increasingly in demand for stunt work with their breaching trick where they jump full-bodied out of the water like 40-ton versions of snowboarder Shaun White.

Sexy Celebrity Seas 2010

And then they're treated to comments in the paper and blogs about the "obnoxious drivers in their 40-ton trucks".

Move over Jersey drivers, Manahan takes on the left-lane lingerers 2009

A good dad could lift a 40-ton crane off their kid's foot.

Max Mutchnick: They're Not Water Bottles, They're Babies 2009