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New Jersey
Port Norris oyster capital and Bivalve wharves
Tidal foreshore Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this shoreline.
Old bottles
Nails and fittingsAlso reported: oyster tins.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Victorian bottle era, historically mapped
The Maurice River oyster fleet made this the richest town per capita in 1880s New Jersey; shell piles and wharf refuse edge the Bivalve waterfront.
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