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* 1793 Ropery opened, owned by Grimshaw, Webster & Co. Steam engine installed in 1795, and 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> | * 1793 Ropery opened, owned by Grimshaw, Webster & Co. Steam engine installed in 1795, and 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> | ||
* See also [[Webster and Co]] | |||
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Revision as of 17:34, 18 November 2010
Webster’s Ropery, also know as Deptford Patent Ropery, Ropery Road, Deptford, Sunderland
- 1793 Ropery opened, owned by Grimshaw, Webster & Co. Steam engine installed in 1795, and 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