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Coronel coal port

Tidal foreshore Documented siteProhibited, look only

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: port refuse.

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

Why this spot

Victorian bottle era, historically mapped

Coal port from the 1850s serving the Gulf of Arauco pits and the Pacific steamer coaling trade, with pier and town refuse along the bay.

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