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Wakefield village on the Saugatucket
Tidal foreshore Source-confirmed findsGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this shoreline.
Old bottles
Codd and soda bottles
Sea potteryAlso reported: The Wakefield mill and trade village of South Kingstown. Along the river, medicines.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), Liz West (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain).
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Why this spot
1880s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Saugatucket River near Point Judith Pond and the south-shore coast
The LOC Sanborn set (indexed under South Kingstown) begins November 1885, then 1891, 1896, 1903 and 1910, covering Wakefield village.
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