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Roanoke Big Lick railroad-city wards
Old dump ground Documented sitePermission required
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Old bottles
Sea potteryAlso reported: crockery.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain).
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Why this spot
1890 historic-map era
Old Big Lick became a Norfolk and Western rail city after 1882. Rapid growth left privies and fill across the early wards.
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