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Burlington (Mississippi River)

Riverbank Source-confirmed findsGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Codd and soda bottlesCodd and soda bottles
Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: Brewery blob-top beers.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Liz West (CC BY 2.0), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain).

Why this spot

1880s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Mississippi River port on a limestone bluff; historic steamboat landing and rail bridgehead

Earliest LOC Sanborn edition read for Burlington is 1888.

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