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Laurel Patuxent mill-town privies

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: crockery.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain).

Why this spot

1915 historic-map era

Cotton-mill town on the Patuxent from the 1810s; worker rowhouse privies and mill-race refuse.

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