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Beckley Raleigh coalfield city privies

Old dump ground Documented sitePermission required
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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

1912 historic-map era

Raleigh County coalfield city. Rapid early-1900s growth left privies and dumps across the old wards.

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