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Jellico border coal town

Old dump ground Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Nails and fittingsNails and fittings

Also reported: crockery.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

1904 historic-map era

State-line coal town shipping Jellico steam coal from the 1880s, shaken by the 1906 powder-car explosion; camp dumps run up the hollows.

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