# Searchers in 1850 described five converging box drains under coconut fibre and eelgrass.

> Searchers in 1850 described five converging box drains under coconut fibre and eelgrass.

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# Searchers in 1850 described five converging box drains under coconut fibre and eelgrass.

Searchers in 1850 described five converging box drains under coconut fibre and eelgrass.

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## What it bears on 1 answer

[The drains are the intake of an engineered flood system built before 1795.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/oak-island/answers/ANS0D52XDC87X7Q/the-drains-are-the-intake-of-an-engineered-flood-system)

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Searchers in 1850 described five converging box drains under coconut fibre and eelgrass. [Evidence EVD0D52XDM201Y0]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0D52XDM201Y0
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