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Balikesir, Balıkesir

Bandirma Marmara rail ferry port

Tidal foreshore Documented siteRestricted

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

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

Terminus of the Izmir-Bandirma railway from 1912 and long the Marmara transfer port for Anatolian goods bound for Istanbul.

Keep exploring nearby

More spots in this area.

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