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N5 Dumpsite—San Francisco




Located adjacent to Pier 39 near the modern intersection of Northpoint and Kearney streets, the N-5 dumpsite was an extensive late 19th Century trash deposit . During the 1880's, the area was the scene of much of the city's shipping and commerce, and was thus subject to casual dumping. In the late 1970's, Archeo-Tec recovered a sizeable assemblage of Euro-American and Chinese artifacts. )



The N-5 Dumpsite also provided a detailed portrait of filling practices during the late 19th Century and their relationship to the wider aspects of life in San Francisco during that period. (1976-1981)

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