cordage

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Among the most esteemed was the National Cordage Co., or the “cordage trust,” which controlled 90% of the U.S. rope market, then a leading industry.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 1, 2024

The end came for Cordage on May 5, when it abruptly announced that it had been given over to bankruptcy receivers.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 1, 2024

Cordage is one of the most important tools one can possess in the wilderness.

From The Guardian • May 18, 2015

For housewives plagued by sagging clotheslines, Louisville's Puritan Cordage Mills began national sale of a line which stays taut.

From Time Magazine Archive

On the night of Thursday, May 5, officials of the National Cordage Company, a trust that controlled 80 percent of America’s rope production, placed itself in receivership.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson