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Chile, Biobío
Lota coal company town
Tidal foreshore Documented siteProhibited, look only
What you could find
Reported finds from this shoreline.
Old bottles
Sea potteryAlso reported: industrial refuse.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain).
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Why this spot
Victorian bottle era, historically mapped
The Cousino family's coal empire from 1852, with undersea galleries, a company park and workers' pavilions above the loading harbour, closed in 1997.
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