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Pawcatuck River mill and port town
Tidal mudflat Source-confirmed findsGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this shoreline.
Old bottles
Codd and soda bottles
Sea potteryAlso reported: A granite-industry and river town at the Connecticut line. Along the riverbanks, 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 Pawcatuck River near Little Narragansett Bay and the Atlantic coast
Earliest LOC Sanborn is February 1885, with 1891, 1896, 1902, 1907 and 1912 sheets showing a dense built-out core.
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