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Blackstone River mill city

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Codd and soda bottlesCodd and soda bottles
Sea potterySea pottery
Clay pipe stemsClay pipe stems

Also reported: A tightly packed French-Canadian mill city. In riverside fill, local beers, medicines.

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

Why this spot

1890s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Blackstone River, which powered the city's textile mills

Earliest LOC Sanborn is June 1892, with 1898, 1903 and 1911 sheets mapping the built-out core.

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