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Kharagpur railway junction and workshop colony

Old dump ground Documented siteRestricted

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Nails and fittingsNails and fittings

Also reported: marked crockery.

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

Why this spot

Victorian bottle era, historically mapped

Bengal Nagpur Railway junction and workshop town built from 1900 with one of the longest platforms in the world; railway colony tips took decades of institutional discard.

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