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Assam
Digboi oil-town and Assam railway camp ground
Old dump ground Documented siteRestricted
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Old bottles
Sea potteryAlso reported: tins, insulators.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain).
Why this spot
Victorian bottle era, historically mapped
Site of Asia's oldest refinery from 1901, built by the Assam Railways and Trading Company deep in the tea belt; company-town tips hold early oilfield and planter refuse.
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