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Vietnam, Quảng Ninh

Hon Gai French coal port waterfront

Tidal foreshore Documented siteRestricted
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What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Nails and fittingsNails and fittings
Sea potterySea pottery

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

Why this spot

Victorian bottle era, historically mapped

The French Tonkin coal company shipped anthracite from Hon Gai from 1888, building screens, jetties and a colon quarter; coal-port fill lines the Ha Long shore.

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