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Old 06-17-2022, 03:41 AM
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Default Re: Artifical reef opportunity missed

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Originally Posted by acabtp View Post
i thought they stopped using subway cars and trains because the bodies fall apart to nothing a lot faster than they expected, and they are real time consuming (expensive) to clean enough to drop

concrete rubble from old bridges etc are pretty much ready to drop as soon as they are knocked down, so much cheaper, make structure that sticks around longer and can be piled higher
This is spot-on. The subway cars on the Deepwater Reef off Cape May County roll around and don’t grow the ecosystem that such a reef should foster.
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