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Park lagoon dredge watch

Lake shore Documented siteProhibited, look only

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Codd and soda bottlesCodd and soda bottles

Also reported: beers, Worlds Fair era items.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Liz West (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Lagoons dredged from refuse-filled ground; spoil is the play

1st Chicago Bottle Club: lagoon dredging 'provided many months of digging'; 2021 S-curve excavation produced mid-1800s bottles.

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