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Alexandria

Riverbank Source-confirmed findsGray area

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: 18th-century tobacco port on the Potomac: rich privy and waterfront-fill dumps with pontiled medicines, blackglass, buttons, and coins beneath Old Town lots and along the river's made land..

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

1880s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Potomac River (tidal)

Earliest LOC Sanborn read as 1885. Likely already in the atlas; include and dedupe by coordinates. Strong municipal archaeology program restricts casual digging.

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