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Durham tobacco factory era dumps

Old dump ground Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: tobacco tins and tags.

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

Why this spot

1888 historic-map era

Boom tobacco factory town from the 1870s; ravines and creek edges around the factory district took heavy household and factory dumping.

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