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Martinsburg B&O shop town 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

1891 historic-map era

B&O roundhouse and shop town repeatedly wrecked in the Civil War; trackside and town-edge dumps span the century.

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