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Ruston Way / old smelter shoreline

Tidal foreshore Source-confirmed findsGray area
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What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

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Also reported: insulators and slag glass from the ASARCO smelter era rolling in the tideline cobbles..

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Wikited at English Wikipedia (Public domain).

Why this spot

1905 historic-map era

Waterfront below the historic copper smelter district.

Keep exploring nearby

More spots in this area.

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