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Aiken winter-colony resort privies

Old dump ground Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: druggist and liquor glass.

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

Why this spot

1908 historic-map era

Founded on the 1830s Charleston railroad and grown into a Gilded Age winter colony for northern visitors. Old resort and town lots hold privy pits with imported bottles and household glass.

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