Stunning Photos Showing NYC Subway Cars Being Dumped Into the Ocean

It’s not every day you see a series of photos clearly documenting someone with a front end loader pushing industrial waste directly into the ocean without any care of secrecy or stealth. Photographer Stephen Mallon captured this series of pictures over three years to document the unusual methods that New York City uses to dispose of its subway cars, but before you jump to conclusions, be sure to scroll all the way to the bottom, because this dumping has a secret purpose!

New York City has developed a special way to get rid of broken-down subway cars…



Custom barges are loaded high with subway cars and carried out to the cold icy depths in the middle of the ocean.



Each subway car will be left on the ocean floor, to be assimilated into the ecosystem.



Here’s what it looks like after 5 years…



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