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Ethiopia, Dire Dawa
Dire Dawa Franco-Ethiopian railway town
Old dump ground Documented siteRestricted
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Old bottles
Coins and tokensAlso reported: railway relics.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0).
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Why this spot
Victorian bottle era, historically mapped
Created in 1902 where the Djibouti railway paused below Harar, with a French-gridded Kezira quarter and workshops; railway-era tips and yards date the town.
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