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Waterbury, Naugatuck River brass city

Riverbank Source-confirmed findsGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Nails and fittingsNails and fittings
Codd and soda bottlesCodd and soda bottles
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: bitters.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0), Liz West (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain).

Why this spot

1880s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Naugatuck River and Mad River through the city center

The Brass City, one of the densest industrial cores in the state along the river; deep, layered urban fill.

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