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Tallapoosa 1890s glass boomtown lots

Old dump ground Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: 1880s-1900s local glass.

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

Why this spot

Victorian bottle era, historically mapped

Yankee-promoted boomtown of the late 1880s with glassworks, wineries and hotels that busted by 1900; boom-era dumps and factory ground edge the rail line.

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