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Greenwich Cove waterfront

Tidal mudflat Source-confirmed findsGray area
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What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Clay pipe stemsClay pipe stems
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: and later blob-top sodas and beers..

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), Surrey County Council, David Williams, (CC BY-SA 4.0), NPS (Public domain).

Why this spot

1880s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Greenwich Cove on the west shore of Narragansett Bay

LOC Sanborn coverage begins January 1884 with follow-ups in 1891, 1896, 1903 and 1910.

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