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Crystal City plate-glass works town

Old dump ground Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: glassworks refuse.

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

Why this spot

1909 historic-map era

Jefferson County town built around the Pittsburgh Plate Glass works and silica sand from the 1870s; factory and town refuse.

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