How much explosives were stored at black tom the night of the explosion

On the night of the Black Tom explosion, July 30, 1916, about 2,000,000 pounds (910,000 kg) of small arms and artillery ammunition were stored at the depot in freight cars and on barges, including 100,000 pounds (45,000 kg) of TNT on Johnson Barge No. 17. All were waiting to be shipped to Russia.

Date: July 30, 1916; 2:08:00 a.m. (EST; GMT−5)

Injured: +100

Motive: sabotage

Explanation: