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Another thought...
All these old gas stations that were abandoned over the years, how many still have a tank buried, rotting away?
Even in my neighborhood where I grew up in Southeast Portland, there were gas stations on nearly every corner, even in residential neighborhoods. When the stations closed, they remained dormant for years, until all of a sudden there was an apartment or business built in its place. I don't remember the tanks ever being dug up.
They were probably repurposed, I find it hard to believe a development would just ignore it, or not remove it. Though depending when they were made and if there's damage they could easily become a ground water issue, but be cool to find one usable turn it into something useful.
That's what we might think should happen. I've done a little research, and apparently it is an issue. Back before anybody cared, a gas station could be leveled and the property remain undeveloped for years. Then when somebody buys the property, he might never know there was a garage or gas station there.
Growing up in Portland, I could point out many locations where a gas station or garage existed in the fifties and before, and you'd have to look long and hard before you'd find someone from the old neighborhoods that would remember.
Here's an example from my old neighborhood. As a kid, this was a gas station. Maybe 40 years ago, the gas pumps were removed but the building remained as a low budget automotive service garage. Eventually, the building disappeared.
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Now, if this property came up for sale, who would know to look, or where would a feller search, to find if the land had been decontaminated and the tanks removed?
Another thought...
All these old gas stations that were abandoned over the years, how many still have a tank buried, rotting away?
Even in my neighborhood where I grew up in Southeast Portland, there were gas stations on nearly every corner, even in residential neighborhoods. When the stations closed, they remained dormant for years, until all of a sudden there was an apartment or business built in its place. I don't remember the tanks ever being dug up.
Sinkhole, or new pond?Yes, that is something to ponder, could know one got missed when a report comes in about a sinkhole... LOL
Sinkhole, or new pond?
I do love a free fire pit!Exactly, pool with swirly blue, purple and pink water (gasoline)...