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Midwest, Iowa

Dubuque/Davenport IA lead-boom towns

Old dump ground Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Codd and soda bottlesCodd and soda bottles
Old bottlesOld bottles

Also reported: steamboat imports..

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

Why this spot

1830s lead boom + steamboat era

Strong Iowa collector literature on dug blob sodas.

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