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Sandwich

Tidal mudflat Source-confirmed findsGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery
Clay pipe stemsClay pipe stems

Also reported: The classic Cape glass town: pressed and blown glassware wasters, cullet.

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

Why this spot

1910s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Cape Cod Bay shore and the Cape Cod Canal corridor

Home of the Boston and Sandwich Glass Company; earliest LOC Sanborn read as June 1915, a late but confirmed built-out edition.

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