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Salisbury railroad town dump ground

Old dump ground Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

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

1885 historic-map era

North Carolina Railroad shop town and site of a large Confederate prison; late-1800s municipal and rail dumping ring the old grid.

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