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Tidal mudflat Source-confirmed findsGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this shoreline.
Codd and soda bottles
Old bottles
Nails and fittingsAlso reported: buttons, and clay pipes along the James River waterfront and early downtown blocks..
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Liz West (CC BY 2.0), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
1880s+ Sanborn-mapped town on James River at Hampton Roads / Chesapeake Bay
Earliest LOC Sanborn read as 1885. C&O Railway coal pier and shipyard drove explosive bottle-era growth right on the water.
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