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Tanjung Pandan Billiton tin port waterfront

Tidal foreshore Documented siteRestricted

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Sea potterySea pottery
Old bottlesOld bottles

Also reported: tin scrap.

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

Why this spot

Victorian bottle era, historically mapped

Port of the Billiton Company's tin island from 1852, shipping ingots to Singapore; wharf ground and Chinese kongsi quarters carry tin-era refuse.

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