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New York
Greenport whaling and oyster harbor
Tidal foreshore Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this shoreline.
Old bottles
Nails and fittingsAlso reported: oyster-trade crockery.
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
1902 historic-map era
North Fork whaling port turned oyster and menhaden center; wharf fill, shipyards and a compact Victorian core ring the deep harbor.
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