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Rhode Island
Newport Harbor waterfront
Tidal mudflat Source-confirmed findsGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this shoreline.
Old bottles
Clay pipe stems
Sea potteryAlso reported: One of the oldest ports in America.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), Surrey County Council, David Williams, (CC BY-SA 4.0), NPS (Public domain).
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Why this spot
1880s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Newport Harbor on Narragansett Bay, with wharves lining the west waterfront
Sanborn coverage runs 1884, 1891, 1896, 1903 and 1921 per the LOC index; the dense pre-1900 sheets mark the wharf and privy zones worth researching.
Keep exploring nearby
More spots in this area.