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Answer · Oak Island money pit

The drains are the intake of an engineered flood system built before 1795.

The drains are the intake of an engineered flood system built before 1795.

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Where it stands

DisputedOne piece of evidence for, one against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

What it predicts

  • The drains connect to a channel leading inland toward the pit.
  • Timber and fibre in the drains date to before 1795.

What would rule it out

  • The drains end at the beach and connect to nothing.

Evidence 1 for · 1 against

The questions it answers

Most likelyThe structures are wharves, slipways and coffer dams left by nineteenth- and twentieth-century searchers and…

Cite it

Mysteries Department. (2026). The drains are the intake of an engineered flood system built before 1795. [Answer ANS0D52XDC87X7Q]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0D52XDC87X7Q
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