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Alloway NJ

Wistarburgh glassworks ground

Old dump ground Documented siteRestricted

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: Look-and-learn ground zero of American glass; village-era finds on permission only..

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: NPS (Public domain).

Why this spot

1739-1780

Wistarburgh (1739) is America's first successful glasshouse - professionally studied; the site area is known.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

None beyond farmland courtesy.

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