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Oil tanks to make way for new park

By John Laidler

 |  Globe correspondent  

  March 08, 2012

Eastern Minerals will soon begin dismantling six oil tanks on Chelsea’s waterfront, the start of a project that will provide the firm with a second salt pile and the city with a new public park. The project results from an agreement negotiated between Eastern Minerals and the city five years ago in which the salt storage firm agreed to invest in public improvements in return for being able to expand operations at its Marginal Street facility.

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