A mountain of salt for blizzard-prone Boston

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We broke a record here in Boston last year - but we weren’t happy about it. More than nine feet of snow fell on the city last winter. Nor’easters slammed into the coast on an almost weekly basis. Our public transport system all but collapsed. So now that winter’s back, we’re bracing for impact. And one thing we’re going to need - is rock salt. Image: Terminal manager Paul Lamb stands before one of the piles of salt at Eastern Minerals, Inc. in Chelsea, Massachusetts. Credit: PRI’s The World