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New Jersey
Salem (Salem River glass and port town)
Tidal mudflat Source-confirmed findsGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this shoreline.
Old bottlesAlso reported: oyster and shipping wharf debris, and colonial-through-Victorian domestic glass along the tidal river landings.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).
Why this spot
1880s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Salem River, tidal, emptying into Delaware Bay
LOC Sanborn coverage 1885 through 1947. One of the oldest towns in the state on Delaware Bay tidewater with its own glassworks. Confirmed earliest year from LOC record dates.
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