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Sag Harbor whaling port back lots
Tidal foreshore Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this shoreline.
Sea pottery
Old bottlesAlso reported: whalecraft scrap.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: NPS (Public domain), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Victorian bottle era, historically mapped
Major whaling port of the early 1800s, later a watchcase factory village; wharf fill and old house lots hold two centuries of refuse.
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