Tap (Ropemaking)
Description
Three fishermen demonstrating the use of the tap, in ropemaking using cast-iron ropemaking devices, Low Bells Shielon the River Tweed, near West Ord (Northumberland) (as pictured in LAVC/PHO/P1227 and LAVC/PHO/P1228-1229). The tap travels along the rope towards the first, three-hooked tool, as the rope is laid against the lay of the strands. The rope is made from old (salmon) fishing nets. Mounted on Photo File card. With typed note. Originally held in Photo File: Ropemaking.
Metadata
| Identifier | n25ct3gn |
| IRN | 412173 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/PHO/P1233 |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/n25ct3gn |
| Collection(s) | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture |
| Category | Archive |
| Parent Record | Ropemaking: Photocards |
| Creator(s) | Sanderson, Stewart |
| Date | Summer 1958 |
| Size and Medium | 1 mounted photographic print. |