Plastic Lumber Structure Damaged By Lightning

New York City’s Tiffany Street Pier, one of the largest plastic lumber structures, was damaged by lightning recently, according to the October 14, 1996 issue of

Plastics News. About one-third of the plastic lumber deck and the gazebo were melted. Most of the plastic hardened in place, albeit in a deformed state. City officials are quite pleased with the recycled material’s performance, reporting that a traditional wooden pier would have exploded under similar conditions, leaving no structure at all.