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Midwest, Nebraska

Omaha NE

Old city privies and hill dumps

Old dump ground Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery
Clay pipe stemsClay pipe stems

Also reported: pre-1900 household relics.

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

Why this spot

Missouri River outfitting and brewing city from 1854; its Victorian neighborhoods hold deep brick-lined privies full of embossed Omaha glass

Active digger threads on antique-bottles.net seek and report Omaha digs; embossed Omaha druggist and brewery bottles are an established collecting field

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Deep unstable pitsBuried utilities, broken glass

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