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Keyport (Raritan Bay steamboat and oyster town)
Tidal mudflat Source-confirmed findsGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this shoreline.
Sea pottery
Codd and soda bottles
Old bottlesAlso reported: Oyster-industry, steamboat-landing, beer.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: NPS (Public domain), Liz West (CC BY 2.0), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
1880s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Raritan Bay at the mouth of Matawan Creek
LOC Sanborn coverage from 1884 onward. Bayfront oyster and steamboat town on Raritan Bay. Confirmed earliest year from LOC record dates.
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