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New Jersey
Camden (Delaware River industrial city)
Riverbank Source-confirmed findsGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Codd and soda bottles
Old bottlesAlso reported: beer, ink, plus early ferry-landing and waterfront fill along the Delaware and Cooper River.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Liz West (CC BY 2.0), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).
Why this spot
1880s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Delaware River, tidal, opposite Philadelphia; mouth of the Cooper River
LOC Sanborn coverage from 1885 onward across many volumes. Large early city with extensive bottle-era fill. Confirmed earliest year from LOC record dates.
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