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Old Kuttawa drawdown townsite

Lake shore Documented siteRestricted

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Nails and fittingsNails and fittings

Also reported: 1870s-1960s foundations.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Victorian bottle era, historically mapped

Cumberland River town flooded by Lake Barkley in 1966 with the new town rebuilt uphill; winter drawdown exposes the old grid's foundations and scattered refuse.

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