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Hartford, Connecticut River capital city

Riverbank Source-confirmed findsGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Codd and soda bottlesCodd and soda bottles

Also reported: bitters, patent medicines and inks..

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Liz West (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

1880s+ Sanborn-mapped town on West bank of the Connecticut River at the Park (Hog) River mouth

Insurance and manufacturing capital with a heavily filled waterfront and the buried Park River; deep urban deposits.

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