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Ludowici turpentine and naval-stores town

Old dump ground Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: crockery, kiln waste.

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

Why this spot

Victorian bottle era, historically mapped

Long County rail town built on turpentine, naval stores and a brick and tile works in the piney woods. Old lots and worksite margins hold refuse from that era.

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