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Washington
Tacoma, WA
Commencement Bay coal and lumber port
Tidal mudflat Source-confirmed findsGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this shoreline.
Old bottlesAlso reported: 1880s-1910s railroad terminus and coal-bunker waterfront, tideflat wharf and mill debris.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).
Why this spot
1880s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Puget Sound (Commencement Bay)
Early 1884 Sanborn maps of a transcontinental terminus on Commencement Bay pinpoint a heavily built saloon and industrial shoreline in the peak bottle years.
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