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Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bas-Congo
Matadi rail-river break-of-bulk port
Riverbank Documented siteRestricted
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Old bottles
Sea potteryAlso reported: railway relics.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain).
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Why this spot
Victorian bottle era, historically mapped
Every cargo for the interior broke bulk at Matadi once the cataract railway opened in 1898; steep port quarters and rail yards hold dense transit-era refuse.
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