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Canajoharie canal and packing town

Riverbank Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: packers tins.

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

Why this spot

1903 historic-map era

Erie Canal village that became a food-packing center (Beech-Nut from 1891); canal-era cellar holes and dumps flank the creek gorge and the Mohawk flats.

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