Ten wooden coffins, a steel vault and the remains of seven people have been recovered along theedge of the Alum Creek Reservoir, the Army Corps of Engineers announced Friday.
The caskets surfaced last week near the site of the Old Cheshire Cemetery, which was relocatedduring construction of the Alum Creek Dam in the 1970s.
Remains estimated to be more than 100 years old were found in six of the caskets, 10TV's LindseySeavert reported.
Investigators stressed that the remains were not bodies, but rather small fragments left behindduring the excavation. All of the remains will be reburied in the Berlin Township Cemetery.
During the construction of the Alum Creek Dam, an estimated 1,400 coffins were moved to thecemetery's new location.
It is at least the second time that low-water levels at Alum Creek have led to the discovery ofcaskets.
In 1991, a drought caused several caskets and other materials to surface at various locationsaround the reservoir.
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