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Bridgeport, Long Island Sound harbor city
Tidal mudflat Source-confirmed findsGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this shoreline.
Codd and soda bottles
Old bottlesAlso reported: Old harbor bulkheads.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Liz West (CC BY 2.0), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).
Why this spot
1880s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Bridgeport Harbor and Pequonnock River mouth on Long Island Sound
Major deepwater industrial port; brass, corset and carriage works ringed the harbor. Fill and privies behind the 1880s waterfront blocks are the target, not the tidal flats.
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