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Hickory Catawba rail-town privies

Old dump ground Documented sitePermission required

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

1908 historic-map era

Catawba County town grown from an 1850s railroad tavern stop into a furniture and trade center. Old town lots hold privy and refuse pits from the late 1800s.

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