Workers demolishing roller-coaster blown into ocean by Superstorm Sandy

In a Feb. 25, 2013 file photo, the sun rises in Seaside Heights, N.J., behind the Jet Star Roller-Coaster which has been sitting in the ocean after part of the Casino Pier was destroyed during Superstorm Sandy. (AP / Mel Evans)

SEASIDE HEIGHTS, N.J. -- Workers are demolishing what's perhaps the best known symbol of Superstorm Sandy's devastation along the New Jersey shoreline.

A crane is tearing apart the remnants of the Jet Star Roller-Coaster that plunged off an amusement pier into the ocean during the Oct. 29 storm.

The work began Tuesday afternoon in the summer tourist destination of Seaside Heights after Great Britain's Prince Harry ended a visit there.

A spokeswoman for Casino Pier said the work will take about four days with crews working around the clock.

Images of the Jet Star have appeared hundreds of times and been used to sell memorabilia to raise money for storm victims.