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Midwest, Illinois
Chicago lakefill construction watch
Old dump ground Documented sitePermission required
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Codd and soda bottlesAlso reported: 1871-fire melt horizons, hundreds-per-cache events..
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Liz West (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
City extended into the lake on refuse fill; 1871 fire debris
Forgotten 19th-c landfills yield hundreds of bottles when construction opens them.
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