June 21, 2008
Final Stop: The Subway Barge
A reader sent us some photos of retired subway cars traveling by barge to their watery graves. Once hitting the correct latitude they're dumped overboard to create natural reefs. Earlier this year the reef program proved to be too popular in Delaware, where subway cars were sent on the MTA's dime. Reportedly they're adding tanks, refrigerators, shopping carts and washing machines to the ocean floor in order to expand the reef.
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Nice pics.
I had never seen that drawbridge in the up position before.
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Guess no 1 trains were able to pass through!
Great Pictures! The Metro North Marble Hill station is a great photo spot for pictures.
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Spelling correction - it's "Delaware"..
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"they're dumped overboard to create natural reefs."
wouldn't these be artificial reefs?
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with the price of scrap metal so high, why not recycle them?