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Midwest, Arkansas

Hot Springs AR

Bathhouse-era ravine dumps

Old dump ground Inferred from historyPermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Codd and soda bottlesCodd and soda bottles
Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals
Old bottlesOld bottles

Also reported: hotel china, tonic and bitters glass.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Liz West (CC BY 2.0), Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Gilded Age spa city: Bathhouse Row hotels, druggists and bottling works served thousands of health seekers who left a dense glass record

Bathhouse era and Hot Springs embossed bottles are well documented; dump sites themselves are known locally but unpublished, tiered as inference

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Steep briar-choked ravinesTicks and chiggers, hidden glass shards

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