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Dead Horse Bay (Barren Island landfill)

Tidal foreshore Source-confirmed findsRestricted

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery
FossilsFossils

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain), Partonez (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Why this spot

Victorian bottle era, historically mapped

Legendary NYC 'bottle beach' over a former rendering-plant landfill.

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