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District of Columbia, Virginia

Georgetown waterfront and canal town

Riverbank Documented siteGray area
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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery
Clay pipe stemsClay pipe stems

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain), Surrey County Council, David Williams, (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Why this spot

1903 historic-map era

Colonial 1751 tobacco port and C&O Canal terminus with mills and warehouses along the Potomac; old town lots and waterfront fill.

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