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Findlay gas-boom glassworks dump ground

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles

Also reported: pressed glass, cullet.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

1889 historic-map era

The 1886 natural-gas boom drew a dozen glass factories and rapid growth; factory cullet dumps and boom-era household tips ring the old town along the Blanchard River.

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