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Originally Posted by Northern Light
The area where the ships ballast was tipped was not the Braid, it was the area behind Ladbroke St. and Leazes St.
Harbour Road, Runciman Way and Broomhill St. will all of been built on this reclaimed land.
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Yes that makes sense as that was waste when the river was straightened.
What was being carried as ballast? I think sometimes they carried chalk and flint?
[we need a 10 metre core sample from the middle of Broomhill street; see what's in there!]