Gourock ropeworks, Port Glasgow
When the works closed in the mid-1970s the machinery was collected by Glasgow Museums, and stored at the Transport Museum. When the store was vacated in the 1980s these items were transferred to the SMM.
These are the three mechanical parts of one of three of the longest ropewalks in Scotland, which were used to make hemp mooring ropes for the largest class of vessel, such as the ‘Queens’. These rope walks were on a historic site, going back to the mid-18th century. The Gourock Ropeworks Co Ltd was the largest business of its kind in the world for many years
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