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Worsley Bridgewater Canal and Delph mines

Riverbank Documented sitePermission required
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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery
Clay pipe stemsClay pipe stems

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain), Surrey County Council, David Williams, (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Why this spot

Victorian bottle era, historically mapped

Birthplace of the Bridgewater Canal in 1761, its ochre-stained basin fed by the Delph coal mines. Historic canal margins hold early industrial refuse.

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