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Apponaug and Pawtuxet bay villages

Tidal mudflat Source-confirmed findsGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Codd and soda bottlesCodd and soda bottles
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: Old bay-shore mill and trade villages such as Apponaug. Around cove wharves, medicines.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), Liz West (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain).

Why this spot

1910s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Apponaug Cove and the Pawtuxet shoreline on the west side of Narragansett Bay

Earliest LOC Sanborn for Warwick is October 1910, right at the close of the bottle era.

Keep exploring nearby

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