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News and reporting dedicated to the people, places and history that make Portland, Oregon one of America's most unique cities.
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Tuesday Apr 09, 2019
Tuesday Apr 09, 2019
Nestled in the popular Riverfront Park in Salem, Oregon is a one-of-a-kind piece of artwork. A globe, three stories tall. Once a storage storage tank for chemicals used in the paper-making process, it spent the 1960's floating from the shipyards in Portland to Salem. When the mill closed, the "acid ball" stayed. Ken Boddie takes a trip to Salem to talk to one of the people behind the original effort to turn a relic of a bygone era into a community project.