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Anderson upcountry mill-city privies

Old dump ground Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: crockery.

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

Why this spot

1908 historic-map era

Upcountry cotton and textile city that boomed with the railroad and early electric power. Old town lots hold privy and dump pits from the 1850s-1910s.

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