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Ellenton railroad town removed for the Savannah River Plant
Ghost town Documented siteProhibited, look only
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Coins and tokens
Buttons and buckles
Nails and fittingsAlso reported: Indian Head and Wheat cents, bottles.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0), Unknown (Public domain), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
1870-1950s railroad, farm and sawmill town
A railroad town founded around 1870 on the Dunbar plantation, site of the 1876 Ellenton massacre, and by the early 1950s home to about 760 people with 30 businesses, five churches and two schools. The Atomic Energy Commission took it for the Savannah River Plant, and residents moved to New Ellenton and Jackson.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
secured nuclear facility
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