All Stainless Steel isn't created equally

[osd9]

07/23/2009 09:42 AM

N.J. Scraps Use Of Subway Cars For Artificial Reefs


By: NY1 News


A program that used retired subway cars to create artificial reefs is being scrapped.
New Jersey officials have ended the program because the stainless steel cars are deteriorating too quickly.
About 100 cars were submerged, but a survey of 48 cars on the Atlantic City reef found only two remained intact after seven months in the water.
It was estimated they would last 30 years.
Officials have not reported any problems with the old Redbird subway cars, which have been used as artificial reefs since 2003, but those cars are made of regular steel.


http://www.ny1.com/content/news_bea...subway-cars-for-artificial-reefs/Default.aspx

 

[chuck1]

Ok, Dumb question shouldn't the Stainless Steel have lasted longer then plain Steel?

 

[highslice]

Ok, Dumb question shouldn't the Stainless Steel have lasted longer then plain Steel?

Not if they were made with the same "stainless" steel that my rusting thru hulls and rub rail were made from:smt009.

 

[Nehalennia]

Not if they were made with the same "stainless" steel that my rusting thru hulls and rub rail were made from:smt009.

Do you have pics?
Are they scratched?

oh yeah....and note to self, don't go swimming in Jersey.

 

[chuck1]

oh yeah....and note to self, don't go swimming in Jersey.

:thumbsup::lol::smt043:lol:

 

[mwph]

07/23/2009 09:42 AM


Officials have not reported any problems with the old Redbird subway cars, which have been used as artificial reefs since 2003, but those cars are made of regular steel.

Thats because the old Redbirds used the proper Zinc anodes for salt water! The newer cars used magnesium:grin:

 

[highslice]

Do you have pics?
Are they scratched?

oh yeah....and note to self, don't go swimming in Jersey.

I'll have to dig up the pics. No, they aren't damaged in any way. This boat just seem to want to rust. I had one of the trim tabs replaced 3 times because of rust.

As for the no swimming in Jersey thing, that's been a standing rule in our house for years.

 

[osd9]

Swimming in NJ waters is interesting....you never know who you're going to run into on the bottom....

 

[fc3]

Yeah, but have you met Jimmy Hoffa yet? Or do we have to wait until they demolish the football palace?

 

[Henry Boyd]

On a more serious note, many grades of stainless when submerged actually corrode just as fast as non stainless steels.

Henry

 

[Nehalennia]

Yeah, but have you met Jimmy Hoffa yet? Or do we have to wait until they demolish the football palace?

I think someone just found Hoffa in the secret 280DA storage area.

 

[Stray Cat]

Note to Todd, fish taste a little tinny in Jersey.

 

[rondds]

Hoffa is in the stick channel leading into Green Cove Marina. Many of my marina-mates have bumped him.

Don't tell me about SS and corrosion. Did I ever tell you guys the hose clamp story? :grin: