The manufacture of rope: here rope is being spun from heckled hemp carried round the spinner's waist. A few fibres were attached to the spinning wheel at one end of the rope walk. As the wheel turned, the spinner walked backwards, taking threads of hemp and joining them in as necessary. Dated 1845

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The manufacture of rope: here rope is being spun from heckled hemp carried round the spinner's waist. A few fibres were attached to the spinning wheel at one end of the rope walk. As the wheel turned, the spinner walked backwards, taking threads of hemp and joining them in as necessary. Dated 1845

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