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King County Workers Find Centuries-Old Artifacts

Pieces of early-American history, some dating as far back as the 1700s, were recently unearthed by workers in Seattle. Here's what they found ...
  • By Sarah Hirsch
  • July 20, 2015
King County Workers Find Centuries-Old Artifacts
King County Workers Find Centuries-Old Artifacts King County Workers Find Centuries-Old Artifacts

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King County Workers Find Centuries-Old Artifacts
Archeologists work at the site where about 2,600 artifacts have been found. The items are believed to be from Finntown, an immigrant community along Smith Cove from 1911 to 1941. The area was cleared out by the U.S. military during World War II.

A project to build a rainwater storage tank has uncovered early-American history. About 2,600 artifacts dating back to as far as the 1700s were recovered from under a Seattle bridge, including Prohibition-era alcohol bottles, old shoes, eyeglasses and children’s toys, KOMO News...

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