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Danville iron T-rail canal town

Riverbank Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: rail-mill scrap.

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

Why this spot

1889 historic-map era

The Montour works rolled America's first iron T-rails here in 1845 beside the North Branch Canal; iron-town wards and canal ground hold period refuse.

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