Cordage Industry
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An encyclopedia-style article on the history of the American cordage (rope-making) industry. It traces rope-walks from John Harrison's first walk in Boston in 1642 through the shift to factory production after 1830, the major cordage firms, and later centers in the Midwest. It also covers price-fixing agreements, the "pool system," the National Cordage Company trust and its 1893 failure, the binder twine trade, and a table of manila, New Zealand and sisal fiber imports for 1895-1900.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1903
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 4
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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