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Grafton B&O junction dumps

Old dump ground Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery
Nails and fittingsNails and fittings

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

Why this spot

1890 historic-map era

B&O junction and shop town on the Tygart Valley River, held as a Union rail lifeline; hillside dumps date from the 1850s on.

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