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Jordan abandoned Erie Canal prism village

Riverbank Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: mule shoes.

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

Why this spot

Victorian bottle era, historically mapped

The enlarged Erie ran straight through the village until 1917; the drained prism and adjacent lots took a century of canal-era refuse.

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