pvg_320
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Just received permission to dig behind an 1870s house...it took the owner a while to process just what I was asking for...She flat out asked me if I was "trippin". I assured her that no, I was not. Hilarious.
She was shocked about an outhouse having been on her property but she came around after I explained how the personal sanitation and glass dumping thing used to work, and that her block and her alley dated back to about 1860.
1892 Sanborn shows a nice little compact building right on the alley, and currently there's a huge old lilac bush right next to a depression in that same spot. Almost a no-brainer. Can't wait to sink a probe. It's ON
She was shocked about an outhouse having been on her property but she came around after I explained how the personal sanitation and glass dumping thing used to work, and that her block and her alley dated back to about 1860.
1892 Sanborn shows a nice little compact building right on the alley, and currently there's a huge old lilac bush right next to a depression in that same spot. Almost a no-brainer. Can't wait to sink a probe. It's ON
