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Kentucky
Old Kuttawa drawdown townsite
Lake shore Documented siteRestricted
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Old bottles
Nails and fittingsAlso 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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