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Brewster phosphate company town
Ghost town Documented siteRestricted
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Coins and tokens
Buttons and buckles
Old bottlesAlso reported: Wheat and Memorial cents, Mercury and Roosevelt dimes, machinery parts.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0), Unknown (Public domain), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
1910-1962 phosphate company town
A company town of American Cyanamid that thrived on phosphate mining, with schools, a movie theater, a clinic, a post office and a rail yard. The company closed it in 1962 and demolished most of it.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
unstable buildingsOld mining ground, environmental contamination
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