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Musselburgh, Inveresk Road, Brunton (Musselburgh) Ltd Wire Rope Works Department
Wire Rope Works (19th Century)
Site Name Musselburgh, Inveresk Road, Brunton (Musselburgh) Ltd Wire Rope Works Department
Classification Wire Rope Works (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Musselburgh, Station Road; Brunton Shaw Wire Works; Church Lane
Canmore ID 108332
Site Number NT37SW 213.01
NGR NT 3417 7235
NGR Description Centred NT 3417 7235
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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Oblique aerial view centred on the remains of the works with church and burial ground adjacent, taken from the NE.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography
14/6/2000
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SC 2586017
Interior. View of ropery, 100-ton Test Range from E within winch house.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
8/4/1997
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SC 2586030
Interior. View of ropery from SE of closing machine (B3).
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
8/4/1997
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SC 2586040
Interior. View of ropery from E of stock rope racks, with three members of staff preparing plant for post-closure sale.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
20/3/1997
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SC 2586041
Interior. View of ropery, 100-ton Test Range from W of winch house, with bogie turntable in foreground, and winch end of neighbouring 500-ton test range just visible to right. This view shows bogie being maneouvred onto turntable.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
8/4/1997
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SC 2586053
View from N of gates to Rope Works, with Ropery in background.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
8/4/1997
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SC 1681148
Oblique aerial view centred on the remains of the works with church and burial ground adjacent, taken from the NNE.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography
14/6/2000
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2585286
Interior. View of Duncan Tait (left) and Andrew Smith (right), in front of Closing Machine (L1).
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
8/4/1997
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SC 2586003
Interior. View of ropery from WNW of cradle sections and control box of dual-purpose closing/stranding machine (D15).
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
20/3/1997
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SC 2586006
Interior. View of ropery from E at W end of Rigging Shop, showing 1000-ton (foreground right) and 500-ton (distant left) Presses (Note that British Ropes and Bruntons were not associated).
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
20/3/1997
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SC 2586016
Interior. View of ropery, 100-ton Test Range from E within winch house.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
8/4/1997
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SC 2586019
Interior. View of ropery, 100-ton Test Range from WSW of winch house and front end of winch unit.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
8/4/1997
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SC 2586021
Ropery, 500-ton Test Range: oblique interior view from ENE, looking up range towards anchorage.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
8/4/1997
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SC 2586023
Interior. View of ropery, 500-ton Test Range from E, with winch unit in foreground, looking up range towards anchorage.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
8/4/1997
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SC 2586028
Interior. View of ropery from NE of cradles forming the centre part of closing machine (L1).
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
8/4/1997
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SC 2586029
Interior. Detail of display cabinet exhibiting Brunton's products, currently situated in the adjacent Aero-products reception area.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
8/4/1997
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SC 2586039
Interior. View of ropery from E of stock rope racks, with three members of staff salvaging plant for sale, following closure.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
20/3/1997
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SC 2586050
View from W of S side of Ropery.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
20/3/1997
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SC 2586051
View from SE of former Wire Drawing Department, part of which is now occupied by departments of the Aero Products division.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
8/4/1997
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SC 1681155
Oblique aerial view centred on the remains of the works with church and burial ground adjacent, taken from the NW.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography
14/6/2000
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1681156
Oblique aerial view centred on the church and burial ground with remains of works adjacent, taken from the NW.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography
14/6/2000
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1681159
Oblique aerial view centred on the church and burial ground with remains of works adjacent, taken from the SSE.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography
14/6/2000
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2585287
Interior. View of Duncan Tait (left) and Andrew Smith (right), in front of Closing Machine (L1).
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
8/4/1997
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2586004
Interior. Detail of cradle sections of dual-purpose closing/stranding machine (D15).
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
20/3/1997
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SC 2586012
Interior. View of ropery, 100-ton Test Range from E from winch house, with bogie turntable in foreground.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
8/4/1997
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2586013
Interior. View of ropery, 100-ton Test Range from E at winch house end of range, looking towards anchorage.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
8/4/1997
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2586015
Interior. Ropery, 100-ton Test Range: view from W at anchorage, showing bogie (foreground), and winch house in far distance.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
8/4/1997
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SC 2586043
Interior. View of ropery from ESE at W end of Rigging Shop, showing 1000-ton (foreground right) and 500-ton (distant left) Presses, and 50-ton proff-load maching (centre).
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
20/3/1997
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SC 1681157
Oblique aerial view centred on the church and burial ground with remains of works adjacent, taken from the WNW.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography
14/6/2000
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2586005
Interior. View of ropery from W within Engineers Machine Shop, including lathe (left) and Archdale Drill (right).
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
20/3/1997
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SC 2586007
Interior. View of ropery from W of winding department within which wire was wound onto bobbins.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
20/3/1997
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SC 2586009
Interior. View of ropery from S across ropery department, showing interior details of building.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
20/3/1997
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SC 2586014
Ropery, 100-ton Test Range: interior view from E in centre of range, looking up slope towards anchorage.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
8/4/1992
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SC 2586026
Interior. View of ropery view from W of take-off end of closing machine (L1).
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
8/4/1997
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SC 2586027
Interior. View of ropery from E of rear end of closing machine (L1).
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
8/4/1997
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SC 2586032
Interior. View of ropery from NE of stranding machine (F2), with empty bobbins in foreground.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
8/4/1997
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SC 2586033
Interior. View of ropery view from E of area of fine cable stranding machines (right) and closing machine. (E7 closing machine to left, and G3, G4, G5 & G6 centre, and G 1 & G2 stranding machines to right).
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
8/4/1997
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SC 2586035
Interior. View of ropery from E down bay, with stranding machines on either side (D6 to left, and D14 to right).
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
8/4/1997
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SC 2586037
Detail of part display cabinet exhibiting Brunton's products, currently situated in the adjacent Aero-products reception area.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
8/4/1997
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2586045
View from SW of Ropery's W side
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
20/3/1997
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SC 2586046
View from SSW along W side of Ropery (right), with former wire-drawing department (left).
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
20/3/1997
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1681153
Oblique aerial view centred on the remains of the works with church and burial ground adjacent, taken from the NNE.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography
14/6/2000
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1681158
Oblique aerial view centred on the church and burial ground with remains of works adjacent, taken from the SW.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography
14/6/2000
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2585996
Interior. View of ropery from W at W end of Rigging Shop, showing 50-ton proof loading machine and 500-ton and 1,000-ton presses (note that 'British Ropes' and Bruntons were not associated).
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
20/3/1997
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SC 2585998
Interior. View of ropery from E (on socket platform built for production of ropes for Tsing -Ma-Lantau road/railway suspension bridge in Hong Kong, due for completion in 1997) of rotating back-stand end of dual-purpose closing/stranding machine (D15).
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
20/3/1997
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SC 2585999
Interior. View of ropery from ESE (on socket platform built for production of ropes for Tsing -Ma-Lantau road/railway suspension bridge in Hong Kong, due for completion in 1997) of rotating back-stand end of dual-purpose closing/stranding machine (D15).
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
20/3/1997
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SC 2586011
Interior. View of ropery from N in Joiners' Shop, used to make reels for rope (with partially-made arrester-rope reels in foreground).
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
8/4/1997
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SC 2586018
Interior. View of ropery, 100-ton Test Range from W of winch house, with bogie turntable in foreground, and winch end of neighbouring 500-ton test range just visible to right.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
8/4/1997
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2586052
View from N of gates to Rope Works, with Ropery in background.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
8/4/1997
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1438515
Musselburgh Inveresk, Midlothian, Scotland. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing South/East.
Aero Pictorial
23/5/1957
© Courtesy of HES (Aero Pictorial Collection)
SC 2585995
Interior. View of ropery from W of stock rope racks.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
20/3/1997
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2585997
Interior. View of ropery from E of E end of Rigging Shop.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
20/3/1997
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2586002
Interior. View of ropery from WSW of take-off (capstan) end of dual-purpose closing/stranding machine (D15).
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
20/3/1997
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SC 2586010
Interior. View of ropery from NNW in Joiners' Shop, with nailing machine in background.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
8/4/1997
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SC 2586024
Interior view of ropery 500-ton Test Range from E, with winch unit in foreground, looking up range towards anchorage, Brunton Ltd Wire Rope Works, Musselburgh.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
20/3/1997
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2586025
Interior. View of ropery, 500-ton Test Range from W of winch unit, with bogie tunrtable in foreground.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
8/4/1997
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SC 2586031
Interior. View of ropery from E of stranding machines (D1 & 2 to left, and F2 to right).
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
8/4/1997
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1681149
Oblique aerial view centred on the remains of the works with church and burial ground adjacent, taken from the N.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography
14/6/2000
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1681150
Oblique aerial view centred on the remains of the works, taken from the WNW.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography
14/6/2000
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1681151
Oblique aerial view centred on the remains of the works, taken from the WSW.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography
14/6/2000
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1681154
Oblique aerial view centred on the remains of the works with church and burial ground adjacent, taken from the NNW.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography
14/6/2000
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2586001
Interior. View of ropery from W of take-off end of dual-purpose closing and stranding machine (B7 & 8), used to produce wire ropes, including lock-coil bridge ropes.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
20/3/1997
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SC 2586008
Interior. View of ropery from SE of dismantled 'Disc-type' lock-coil rope closing/stranding machine (D11), moved from elsewhere in the factory (foundations in foreground mark position of site where it was to be re-located).
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
20/3/1997
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SC 2586020
Interior. View of ropery, 500-ton Test Range from W of winch end of range.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
8/4/1997
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SC 2586034
Interior. Detail of typical tube and bobbin cradles in stranding machine (D6)
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
8/4/1997
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SC 2586042
Interior. View of ropery, 100-ton Test Range from W of winch house, with bogie turntable in foreground, and winch end of neighbouring 500-ton test range just visible to right. This view shows a bogie positioned on the turntable.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
8/4/1997
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2586044
View from SW of Ropery's W side.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
20/3/1997
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2586047
View from SW of entire W side of Ropery.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
20/3/1997
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SC 557175
Interior view of ropery 500-ton Test Range from E, with winch unit in foreground, looking up range towards anchorage, Brunton Ltd Wire Rope Works, Musselburgh.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
20/3/1997
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2585288
Interior. View of Duncan Tait (left) and Andrew Smith (right), in front of Closing Machine (L1).
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
20/3/1997
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2586000
Interior. View of ropery from ESE (on socket platform built for production of ropes for Tsing -Ma-Lantau road/railway suspension bridge in Hong Kong, due for completion in 1997) of rotating back-stand end of dual-purpose closing/stranding machine (D15).
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
20/3/1997
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2586022
Ropery, 500-ton Test Range: interior view from W from anchorage, looking down range towards winch house.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
8/4/1997
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2586036
Interior. Detail of part of display cabinet exhibiting Brunton's products, currently situated in the adjacent Aero-products reception area.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
8/4/1997
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2586038
Detail of display cabinet exhibiting Brunton's products, currently situated in the adjacent Aero-products reception area.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
8/4/1997
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2586048
View from SW of entire W side of Ropery.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
20/3/1997
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2586049
View from W of S side of Ropery (left) and 100-ton Test Range (right), with roof of 500-ton test range also visible.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
20/3/1997
© Crown Copyright: HES
- Council East Lothian
- Parish Inveresk (East Lothian)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District East Lothian
- Former County Midlothian
Photographic Survey (13 December 2019)
A photographic survey of this site was carried out in 1997, in advance of closure. The wire rope division relocated to Worksop, England.
Information from RCAHMS, M McDonald, 13 December 2019.
