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North Bend, OR

Coos Bay shipyard and mill town

Tidal mudflat Source-confirmed findsGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Old bottlesOld bottles

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

1900s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Coos Bay (Pacific estuary)

A 1908 Sanborn map documents a built-out shipbuilding and mill town on Coos Bay tidewater, a strong estuary lead.

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