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Webster's Ropery, also know as Deptford Patent Ropery, Ropery Road, Deptford, Sunderland | |||
1793 Ropery opened, owned by [[Grimshaw, Webster and Co]]. | |||
1795 Steam engine installed; said to be the first steam engine to be used in a rope works. "Probably the region's oldest factory building and the earliest patent ropery" (producing rope without a rope walk, using the Fothergill Process).<ref>[http://sine.ncl.ac.uk/view_structure_information.asp?struct_id=1338]SINE website, Deptford Patent Ropery webpage</ref> | |||
==Sources of Information== | See also [[Webster and Co]] | ||
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[[Category: Town - Sunderland]] | [[Category: Town - Sunderland]] | ||
[[Category: Ropes, Wires and Cables (non-electrical)]] | |||
Latest revision as of 12:39, 20 December 2013
Webster's Ropery, also know as Deptford Patent Ropery, Ropery Road, Deptford, Sunderland
1793 Ropery opened, owned by Grimshaw, Webster and Co.
1795 Steam engine installed; said to be the first steam engine to be used in a rope works. "Probably the region's oldest factory building and the earliest patent ropery" (producing rope without a rope walk, using the Fothergill Process).[1]
See also Webster and Co
See Also
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