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Pennsboro WV

Marble-factory dumps

Old dump ground Documented sitePermission required
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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

MarblesMarbles
Old bottlesOld bottles

Also reported: cullet.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

1929-1945

Multi-page documented permission digs at the Alley marble factory dumps; press coverage of rare-marble recoveries; the WV marble belt (Sistersville, Paden City, St. Marys) shares the pattern.

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