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East, New York

Erie Canal drained prisms (Montezuma-Lockport)

Riverbank Inferred from historyGray area
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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Codd and soda bottlesCodd and soda bottles
Sea potterySea pottery
Clay pipe stemsClay pipe stems

Also reported: Canal-era ales.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Liz West (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain), Surrey County Council, David Williams, (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Why this spot

Original 1825 canal and enlargements

Inference; abandoned prism sections hold 75 years of towpath trash.

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