Wasted American shite, Rip Rap'd.

[ruffgeezer]

Where here, we use boulders, rock and tines to prevent erosion, the yanks have, in the past, had different ideas;

 

http://www.amusingplanet.com/2012/02/detroit-riprap-abandoned-cars-as.html

 

Can you spot them?

 

 

 

It's definitely worth following the various photo credits in the article for more pictures!

 

 

[Partridge]

Using old cars to prevent erosion? Isn't that like curing a hangover with more alcohol?

[saucedoctor]

I was in NY in 2010 when the MTA was proposing dumping end-of-life old Redbird (?) trains in the East River to create an artificial reef. Apparently, they have used battle tanks elsewhere for the same purpose. I remember talking to a "bearded person" (another tech on the job I was there to do) and he went proper batshit. I'm sorry I mentioned it!

http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20130514/dumbo/submerged-subway-cars-surfers-sea-life-float-onto-east-river-ferries

 

They featured in an episode of CSI:New York as well.

[Junkman]

To dump toxic waste into rivers, lakes and the sea, and claim it's beneficial for nature, is a typically yank concept, and I can only hope it stays there.

[lovejoy]

Ha !   In Barbados they dump slot machines in the ocean to make artificial reefs,

have to do it under govt. supervision before they can import replacements..... 

- perhaps the flying fish hit the jackpot sometimes....

[rml2345]

I was in NY in 2010 when the MTA was proposing dumping end-of-life old Redbird (?) trains in the East River to create an artificial reef. Apparently, they have used battle tanks elsewhere for the same purpose. I remember talking to a "bearded person" (another tech on the job I was there to do) and he went proper batshit. I'm sorry I mentioned it!

 

http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20130514/dumbo/submerged-subway-cars-surfers-sea-life-float-onto-east-river-ferries

 

They featured in an episode of CSI:New York as well.

 

I'm pretty sure I saw them dumping Subway cars to create an artificial reef on a documentary about the NY Subway a few years ago. Did they not sink a redundant aircraft carrier for the same reason?

[Asimo]

They did a good job when they painted the blue one. Thank goodness for rust, they will be gone one day.

Reminds me of when I found a pair of Morris Minor front shocks in the middle of the river Wye, miles from anywhere.

[morris_ital_lover]

I'm pretty sure I saw them dumping Subway cars to create an artificial reef on a documentary about the NY Subway a few years ago. Did they not sink a redundant aircraft carrier for the same reason?

 

Yep, they've sunk various aircraft carriers and ships around the states to become reefs, e.g. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Oriskany_%28CV-34%29

[Junkman]

Ha !   In Barbados they dump slot machines in the ocean to make artificial reefs,

have to do it under govt. supervision before they can import replacements..... 

- perhaps the flying fish hit the jackpot sometimes....

 

High time to vote in a new government then. Well, they aren't alone with that.

[brickwall]

Pointless with Leyland cars...

[danthecapriman]

Im sure they tried something similar over here, I seem to remember seeing some pics in a book. I think it may have been the isle of wight or somewhere similar. They pushed a load of old cars over a cliff and left them in a big pile at the bottom to slow down coastal erosion or something. Cant imagine it ever worked though.

[Sloth in a bowl]

Im sure they tried something similar over here, I seem to remember seeing some pics in a book. I think it may have been the isle of wight or somewhere similar. They pushed a load of old cars over a cliff and left them in a big pile at the bottom to slow down coastal erosion or something. Cant imagine it ever worked though.

 

This is only because on the Isle of Wight, cars are considered as 'the work of the Devil' and second only to electricity as 'things that good folk should fear'

 

But to be fair to them, any land mass that you can cycle from one end to the other in under an hour is not really going to be designed to show cars at their best.

[Shep Shepherd]

IIRC, there is an artificial reef made from cars just off the coast of Gibraltar, which came about due to the colony having nowhere to put its scrap cars when Spain closed its border crossing between 1969 and 1985. I bet it would make for an interesting diving exploration.

[Partridge]

To dump toxic waste into rivers, lakes and the sea, and claim it's beneficial for nature, is a typically yank concept, and I can only hope it stays there.

Imagine the fit if that was done over here? The reason scrapyards (should) have concrete bases is to stop oil and shit from getting into the earth. On that basis, stacking old cars at the edge of a river will probably do more harm to the environment than those cars ever would driving around...deary me, how silly.

[HillmanImp]

I was reading recently about some reefs made out of tyres of all things that have unsurprisingly turned into environmental disasters

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osborne_Reef

 

The culmination of the project was the deposit of over two million tires bound with steel clips over 36 acres 

 

 

As there were no exceptional efforts made to ensure the non-corrosivity of the steel restraints, they summarily failed^[8]â€â€resulting in the loosing of over two million individual, lightweight tires. This newfound mobility destroyed any marine life that had thus far grown on the tires, and effectively prevented the growth of any new organisms. Furthermore, the tires were now easily subject to the tropical winds and storms that frequent the east coast of Florida and continue to collide (at times with tremendous force) with other natural coral reefs only 70 feet (21 m) away: compounding their uselessness with environmentally damaging side-effects.

 

and this is the USS Thrush... (snigger)