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Taranaki, Taranaki Region

Patea freezing works river port

Riverbank Documented siteGray area
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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Nails and fittingsNails and fittings
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: crockery.

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

South Taranaki port from the 1860s military era whose freezing works shipped meat from 1883 to 1982; wharf ground and works flats line the river mouth.

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