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Peru, Arequipa

Mollendo railway port

Tidal foreshore Documented siteProhibited, look only

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: railway refuse.

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

Why this spot

Victorian bottle era, historically mapped

Terminus of the Southern Railway to Arequipa from 1871 and Peru's southern port until Matarani opened in 1941, with wool-trade and railway refuse above the surf shore.

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