Ropemaking: The Big Top

Description

Ropemaker Herbert Marrison demonstrating the use of a tap, or big top (so called because of its shape) at Peak Cavern, Castleton, Derbyshire. The device is inserted in the cart (pictured in LAVC/PHO/S581) to control the twist of the rope and to keep it even. Hemp strands run along each groove, and with the broad end towards the wheel (pictured in LAVC/PHO/S580) the ropemaker can be assured that the rope forming behind him is properly balanced. Originally held in green slide cabinet, reference B89.

Metadata

Identifier rkg4s8qp
IRN 413697
Class Mark LAVC/PHO/S582
Level Item
Type of Record Archives - ISAD(G)
Peristent Link http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/rkg4s8qp
Collection(s) Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
Category Archive
Parent Record Slides
Creator(s) McNay, Ian
Date September 1965
Size and Medium 1 slide in plastic casing.

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