General view of the interior of the ropewalk from the North, Forth and Clyde roperie, Kirkcaldy.
SC 343031
Description General view of the interior of the ropewalk from the North, Forth and Clyde roperie, Kirkcaldy.
Catalogue Number SC 343031
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of F 5534
Scope and Content Interior of rope-walk of Forth and Clyde Roperie at Kirkcaldy, Fife The Forth and Clyde Roperie was founded in 1850 by a local boat-builder and a twine manufacturer for making soft-fibre ropes, and became the Forth and Clyde Roperie Company Limited in 1896. It went on to make hard-fibre ropes up to 320 metres long. Strands of rope were spun together into thicker rope along these tracks. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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