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Burlington (early Delaware River port)

Riverbank Source-confirmed findsGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

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

Also reported: Colonial-through-Victorian riverfront dumps.

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

Why this spot

1880s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Delaware River, tidal

LOC Sanborn coverage from 1885 onward. One of the oldest Delaware River ports in the state. Confirmed earliest year from LOC record dates.

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