New York Subway Cars

[chicot60]

http://i.imgur.com/QM6EN7br.jpg (http://i.imgur.com/QM6EN7b.jpg)
New York City has developed a special way to get rid of broken-down subway cars…
http://i.imgur.com/Hs5uYj8.jpg (http://i.imgur.com/Hs5uYj8.jpg)
Custom barges are loaded high with subway cars and carried out to the cold icy depths in the middle of the ocean.
http://i.imgur.com/zKGCTBY.jpg (http://i.imgur.com/zKGCTBY.jpg)
They use construction equipment to push the subway cars over the edge, splashing into the waters…
http://i.imgur.com/uD5fvxo.jpg (http://i.imgur.com/uD5fvxo.jpg)
The cars go over the edge one by one…
http://i.imgur.com/eJWZow4.jpg (http://i.imgur.com/eJWZow4.jpg)
It may seem like a wasteful act of reckless pollution, but there is a deeper purpose behind this odd method of disposal…

[chicot60]

http://i.imgur.com/8rOinqt.jpg


Each subway car is left on the ocean floor, to be assimilated into the ecosystem.


http://i.imgur.com/YtVhVXPr.jpg (http://i.imgur.com/YtVhVXP.jpg)
Over time, every surface will be covered in life, creating an artificial coral reef system.





http://i.imgur.com/gc3VLtW.jpg

Every metal pipe, edge, ridge, and corner provides surface area for coral ecosystem.



http://i.imgur.com/8wiG2Vzr.jpg (http://i.imgur.com/8wiG2Vz.jpg)
Here’s what it looks like after 5 years…



http://i.imgur.com/giqFzPK.jpg
… and here’s what it looks like after 10 years.




Each subway car is left on the ocean floor, to be assimilated into the ecosystem.

[Terryl]

They would look like that now if they didn't clean then everyday.