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Aberdeen railroad hub town dumps

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

1889 historic-map era

Milwaukee Road hub town of 1881 in the James River valley wheat country; boom-decade tips along Moccasin Creek and the rail wye hold late-1800s refuse.

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