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Originally Posted by Lady Jane

Detroit Riprap method using old cars to control erosion. Used on many rivers. Possibly Big Horn River in Montana.

https://www.amusingplanet.com/2012/0...iprap%E2%80%9D

Nice Googling, but no. You'll have to scroll down a bit more.

Originally Posted by M5Rick

^ That's what it says on goggle too,I looked it up myself, many river banks were polluted in the fifties like this to stop bank erosion..they thought it was a good idea at the time.

All of these cars had the running gear removed. They are just bodies from what I recall.



So as not to put a stop on this thread,

https://history.nebraska.gov/detroit...he-loup-river/



https://www.google.com/maps/@41.4523...7i16384!8i8192