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Old lead-port backlots

Riverbank Source-confirmed findsPermission required
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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery

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

Why this spot

1880 historic-map era

Preserved 1850s-80s lead-mining river port.

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