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Pocomoke City

Tidal mudflat Source-confirmed findsGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Wreck timberWreck timber
Sea potterySea pottery
Clay pipe stemsClay pipe stems

Also reported: and embossed local druggist, soda, and beer bottles near the old wharf, plus household dumps behind the riverfront blocks..

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: NPS photo (Public domain), NPS (Public domain), Surrey County Council, David Williams, (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Why this spot

1890s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Tidal Pocomoke River near the lower Chesapeake Bay; steamboat and timber shipping town.

Deep-draft river port far up the Pocomoke; solid late-bottle-era buildout tight to the water.

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