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Wickford Harbor village

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
Clay pipe stemsClay pipe stems

Also reported: A well-preserved colonial harbor village. Around the old wharves, and 18th and 19th century ceramic sherds tied to the coasting trade..

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), Liz West (CC BY 2.0), Surrey County Council, David Williams, (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Why this spot

1890s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Wickford Harbor on Narragansett Bay, in North Kingstown

The LOC index lists Wickford Sanborn sheets from August 1896 onward (1903, 1910, 1923), placing it late in the bottle era.

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