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New Haven, New Haven Harbor city

Tidal mudflat Source-confirmed findsGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Codd and soda bottlesCodd and soda bottles

Also reported: Vast filled waterfront, bitters, patent medicines and inks in fill and pits..

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

Why this spot

1880s+ Sanborn-mapped town on New Haven Harbor with the Quinnipiac, Mill and West rivers on the Sound

Large industrial port and manufacturing city; the Quinnipiac (Fair Haven) oyster waterfront and dense downtown privies are especially productive-looking.

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