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Port Deposit

Tidal mudflat Source-confirmed findsGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Sea potterySea pottery
Clay pipe stemsClay pipe stems
Codd and soda bottlesCodd and soda bottles

Also reported: Rafting, granite-quarry, and embossed local druggist, and beer bottles along the single main street and old wharf frontage..

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: NPS (Public domain), Surrey County Council, David Williams, (CC BY-SA 4.0), Liz West (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

1890s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Lower Susquehanna River just above the head of the Chesapeake Bay; granite and lumber rafting port.

Tightly linear river town squeezed against the Susquehanna; a lot of 19th-century life crammed near the water.

Keep exploring nearby

More spots in this area.

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