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Medicine Hat AB

Medalta and the Historic Clay District

Old dump ground Source-confirmed findsRestricted

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: eyes-only: beehive kilns, factory line, marked Medalta ware.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: NPS (Public domain).

Why this spot

Gas-fired pottery and brick district on the South Saskatchewan clay beds; Medalta Potteries (1912-1954) survives with beehive kilns and factory intact

National Historic Site with preserved kilns, factory floor and huge sherd collections, documented by Medalta and Alberta tourism

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Active pottery studio machineryUneven historic factory floors

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