Rope Bolls for Canal Boats

Description

Rope bolls of various shapes and sizes for use on canal boats, at the Stoke Bruerne Canal Museum (formerly the Waterways Museum) on the Grand Union Canal at Stoke Bruerne (Northamptonshire). The bolls in the front are made of hemp rope, filled with loosely packed old ropes. Those on top are more solid. Originally held in green slide cabinet, reference B104.

Metadata

Identifier nnnp9153
IRN 413712
Class Mark LAVC/PHO/S598
Level Item
Type of Record Archives - ISAD(G)
Peristent Link http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/nnnp9153
Collection(s) Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
Category Archive
Parent Record Slides
Creator(s) McNay, Ian
Date 1966
Size and Medium 1 slide in plastic casing.

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