Carr China Collectors' Club

The EPA recently announced plans to clean-up the debris from the Carr China pottery site. According to published reports, lead levels across the nine acre ruins of the pottery have measured higher-than-normal levels. Because of the the proximity of the Tygart River, removal of the debris is necessary to protect the people, fish and wildlife who come into contact with the waters.

Despite the more than 50 years the remains of the pottery have been scattered along the riverbank below the pottery, once can still find valuable remnants of patterns, backstamps, saggers and other pottery-making materials. The EPA will install security fences around the entire site in early 2009 to seal off the area.

We have requested permission to document the clean-up project from the EPA and to salvage any historical artifacts which are uncovered during the clean-up process. Stay tuned to this site to learn more!