Flint Nodule, Ship’s Ballast

Object/Artifact

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Chester Historical Society

This image depicts a weathered flint nodule with a unique, irregular shape and varying textures. Multiple hues, from dark grays and blacks to lighter browns, enhance its rough surface. The rock has prominent ridges and pits, suggesting it may have undergone considerable geological processes or physical weathering.

This image depicts a weathered flint nodule with a unique, irregular shape and varying textures. Multiple hues, from dark grays and blacks to lighter browns, enhance its rough surface. The rock has prominent ridges and pits, suggesting it may have undergone considerable geological processes or physical weathering.

Name/Title

Flint Nodule, Ship’s Ballast

Entry/Object ID

chs-019905

Description

Black flint nodule in chalk cortex. Most likely an English sailing ship’s ballast was discarded by its crew to ready a ship for loading cargo for the return voyage to Europe and recovered from the Hudson River bank near Newburgh.

Acquisition

Accession

2024.5

Source or Donor

Valeria Parker

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Valeria Parker

Notes

Donated by Valeria Parker 2024-06-15 at 1915 Station -- received by Sue Bahren

Dimensions

Height

5 cm

Width

7.5 cm

Length

8.3 cm

Create Date

June 16, 2024

Update Date

June 21, 2024