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Zimbabwe, Bulawayo

Bulawayo BSAC railway hub town

Old dump ground Documented siteRestricted

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Buttons and bucklesButtons and buckles

Also reported: railway relics.

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

Why this spot

Victorian bottle era, historically mapped

Laid out by the British South Africa Company in 1894 on the site of Lobengula's capital, railhead from 1897 and the industrial hub of Rhodesia; period tips ring the old town.

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