Traditional industrial-scale rope-making is all kinds of neat

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I wish I could heart this twice!

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Yep - I think we can conclude from an earlier post (@fuzzyfungus) that this is in Chatham Dockyard.

ETA and as @mzed noted, too.

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“Medieval” rope-making:

“Edwardian” rope-making:

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Cordage is a kind of magic, I think. Learned to use yucca and agave fibers here in Texas in a primitive skills workshop.

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Ah, thank you. Google pins it at the wrong place, and it’s hard to find that building since it’s so long it looks like a road.

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