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Skowhegan Kennebec falls mill town

Riverbank Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery
Nails and fittingsNails and fittings

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

Why this spot

1889 historic-map era

Mills clustered at the Kennebec falls and island from the 1820s; riverbank lots below the dam took a century of household and mill refuse.

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