Rope Making
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A short 1889-catalogued magazine article on rope making from The Manufacturer and Builder. It describes the traditional hand method in a rope-walk, where spinners twist hemp yarns while walking backward from a wheel, then tarring and laying into rope. It then describes the machinery-based Lawrence and Sons rope works in Brooklyn, N.Y., which processed manila, sisal and jute into yarn, strands and rope. An engraving shows workers in a long rope-walk.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1873
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 2
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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