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Terra Cotta coal and clay pipe town
Ghost town Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Coins and tokens
Sea pottery
Nails and fittingsAlso reported: Indian Head cents, bottles.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0), NPS (Public domain), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
1887-1925 coal mining and ceramic pipe works town
Company town of the Southern California Coal and Clay Company, which fired sewer and water pipe in four kilns using local coal, with a post office from 1887 to 1893 and a rail spur from 1896. Nearly abandoned in 1901, it revived in 1906 with a new pipe plant that closed in 1912; the clay mine ran until 1940.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
old clay and coal pitsNearby development
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