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Middlesboro English iron and coal boom 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.

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

Why this spot

1900 historic-map era

Planned 1889 iron and coal boom town built by an English company below Cumberland Gap. The short boom left dense refuse.

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