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Water Valley railroad shop town

Old dump ground 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

1904 historic-map era

Illinois Central division point with locomotive shops from the 1870s to 1930; shop-era cinder dumps and worker-lot refuse line Otoucalofa Creek.

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