An 18th century first rate ship of the line would need around 31 miles of rope, 20 miles for its rigging alone. At its height the dockyard employed over 10,000 workers. The yarn used to be created ...

The mooring line can be made up of synthetic fiber rope, wire and chain or a combination of the three. Environmental factors - wind, waves and currents - determine which materials make up the ...

Lines at Disneyland – who needs them? Not me. I have made it my mission since I started regularly visiting the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California to stand in as few of them as possible.

New EPCOT Rope Drop and Early Entry The new rope drop line for guests looking to enter EPCOT just as it opens in the morning now begins a little further back inside the park. Signs placed in front ...

If you’re into building large projects, you’ll eventually find yourself looking at wire rope. Multistrand steel wire used as antenna guy wires, bridge supports, and plenty of other uses.