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West, Hawaii
Big Island
Hamakua plantation-era dumps
Old dump ground Documented sitePermission required
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Codd and soda bottlesAlso reported: Japanese beer and sake, plantation meds.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Liz West (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
1880-1935
FOHBC's 'Bottle Collecting Hawaiian Style' documents digging plantation camp sites on this coast (Hamakua Soda Works finds; 1860-80 material north of Hilo). Active island club; sites guarded.
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