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Alton

Tidal mudflat Source-confirmed findsGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

AmberAmber
Old bottlesOld bottles
Codd and soda bottlesCodd and soda bottles

Also reported: ironstone and stoneware sherds, clay pipes, and buttons and coins around the old railroad wharf, hotel sites, and dumps at the head of Alton Bay..

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Wikited at English Wikipedia (Public domain), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), Liz West (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

1880s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Alton Bay, the southern arm of Lake Winnipesaukee

LOC Sanborn coverage begins 1887; a steamboat-and-rail terminus at the foot of Lake Winnipesaukee.

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