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Dunkirk Lake Erie harbor town

Tidal foreshore Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

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

1897 historic-map era

Lake Erie port and 1851 western terminus of the Erie Railroad, with locomotive works and fisheries; harbor fill and factory fringe date to the 1800s.

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