Plymouth Cordage Company

How to Put Rope to Work on the Farm

Canada: Plymouth Cordage Company, 1946. Soft cover. Simple and concise uses for rope, weights, strengths and working loads. All the knots useful in farm work are illustrated including splicing.

Stapled pictorial wraps; 35 pages of text and illustration. Moderate edge wear; internally clean.

Only 3 copies are currently held in University Libraries [OCLC]

Background Information:
The company, founded in 1824, had a large factory located on the Plymouth waterfront. By the late 19th century, the Plymouth Cordage Company had become the largest manufacturer of rope and twine in the world.

The company specialized in ship rigging and was chosen among other competitors in the early 1900s to manufacture the rope used on the USS Constitution. The company's twine, Plymouth binder twine, popular among farmers. [wiki]



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Price: $19.95