Old cars have been used for erosion control along the costs and rivers all over this country, here are some other examples:
Found this at http://www.flatheadbeacon.com/articles/article/the_evolution_of_erosion_control/19039/
this is along the Flathead River in Montana. Its a great article of a man who remembers helping his father put the cars along the river in the 1950s as an errosion control experiment, "Once in the water, if the cars held, they became a sturdy part of the bank, resisting the river’s strength in ways soil couldn’t. If they didn’t hold, they became an odd sight, drifting down the river like some metal Montana hippo."
Found this at http://www.foundmagazine.com/find/1895
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Found this one here http://www.pbase.com/kayakbiker/image/46806450  Along Rout 66 http://pictureroute66.com/2009/10/23/dirt-66/  |
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