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soothsayer

(38,601 posts) Wed Sep 16, 2020, 07:37 PM Sep 2020

The Love Gov: Today we sunk a rail car & other recycled material at an artificial reef off of Long I

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Andrew Cuomo
@NYGovCuomo
Today we sunk a rail car & other recycled material at an artificial reef off of Long Island — one of 12 artificial reefs in NY.

NY's expanded artificial reef program is improving the marine ecosystem, boosting local economies, and helping prevent shoreline erosion.

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The Love Gov: Today we sunk a rail car & other recycled material at an artificial reef off of Long I (Original Post) soothsayer Sep 2020 OP

Lawn Guyland. 😇 sprinkleeninow Sep 2020 #1

We've been dropping old subway cars into the ocean for a decade brooklynite Sep 2020 #2

I think he tried to show it live but the signal crapped out on the boat soothsayer Sep 2020 #3

When I see the really old cars down in the water it takes me back eleny Sep 2020 #4

sprinkleeninow

(20,246 posts)

1. Lawn Guyland. 😇

Reply to soothsayer (Original post)

Wed Sep 16, 2020, 07:46 PM

Sep 2020

brooklynite

(94,554 posts)

2. We've been dropping old subway cars into the ocean for a decade

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Wed Sep 16, 2020, 08:27 PM

Sep 2020

soothsayer

(38,601 posts)

3. I think he tried to show it live but the signal crapped out on the boat

Reply to brooklynite (Reply #2)

Wed Sep 16, 2020, 08:44 PM

Sep 2020

Would have been neat

eleny

(46,166 posts)

4. When I see the really old cars down in the water it takes me back

Reply to soothsayer (Original post)

Wed Sep 16, 2020, 08:48 PM

Sep 2020

I used to ride the buses and subways in NYC from the 50s thru the 70s. So the first trains I remember had straw seats and porcelain hand holds. But I think the cars that go into the drink are probably from the 70s. Eerie looking down there but great homes for sea creatures.

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