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Maryland
Solomons Island oyster and shipyard shore
Tidal foreshore Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this shoreline.
Old bottles
Sea potteryAlso reported: oyster-house glass.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain).
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Why this spot
Victorian bottle era, historically mapped
Patuxent-mouth oyster-packing and shipbuilding town from the 1860s; wharf and cannery refuse along the harbor.
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