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Tanzania, Mwanza

Mwanza German lake port on Victoria

Lake shore Documented siteRestricted

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery
Nails and fittingsNails and fittings

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Victorian bottle era, historically mapped

German boma and cotton port of the 1890s on Lake Victoria, later railhead of the Mwanza line; old pier and boma shore carry colonial refuse among the granite kopjes.

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