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

> Most likely: The structures are wharves, slipways and coffer dams left by nineteenth- and twentieth-century searchers and residents.

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

The structures are wharves, slipways and coffer dams left by nineteenth- and twentieth-century searchers and residents.

**Most likely** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Most likely** Its tests partly supported it: one piece of evidence for, one against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Timber dates to the 1800s or 1900s.
- Construction matches documented searcher works (1850, 1866, 1909, 1936, 1970).

## What would rule it out

- Timber from the structures dates securely before 1795.

## Evidence 1 for · 1 against

[Companies built dams and wharves at the cove in 1850, 1866 and later; a 1931 photograph shows a wharf.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/oak-island/evidence/EVD0D52XEV40ER1/companies-built-dams-and-wharves-at-the-cove-in-1850-1866)

Supported

FOR

[Television has reported timber dates for the 'slipway' in the 1700s.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/oak-island/evidence/EVD0D52XF2Y2SY9/television-has-reported-timber-dates-for-the-slipway-in-the)

Speculative

AGAINST

## The questions it answers

[What are the stone and timber structures at Smith's Cove?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/oak-island/questions/QST0D52X3KR6V71/what-are-the-stone-and-timber-structures-at-smiths-cove)

Part of [Are the "flood tunnels" man-made?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/oak-island/questions/QST0D52X3443MBJ/are-the-flood-tunnels-man-made)

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