Plymouth Cordage Company
- Address: 10 Loring Blvd
- Vicinity: Court St
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1824/00/00 | Bourne Spooner | Work | Bourne Spooner establishes a cordage mill on a harbor side lot two miles north of Plymouth Rock. The site, with 130 feet of frontage on the water, provides direct access to shipping channels. | |||
| 1824/06/12 | Caleb William Loring | Investor, Director | Plymouth Cordage Company is incorporated and listed on the Boston Stock Exchange. Directors include Loring, Spooner, John Dodd, William Lovering Jr and David Low. | |||
| 1870/00/00 | Bourne Spooner | Work | After supervising the ropewalk for over 45 years, Bourne Spooner retirements at the age of 80. | |||
| 1885/00/00 | The Plymouth Cordage Company erects Mill No 1 after a fire destroys the Field Mill. | |||||
| 1899/00/00 | Plymouth Cordage Company's Mill No 2 is built. | |||||
| 1908/00/00 | After opening a third mill, Plymouth Cordage is on its way to becoming the world's largest rope manufacturer. The company will employ over 2,000 people by 1916. | |||||
| 1965/00/00 | After over 140 years of manufacturing ropes, and later, eyelets, tacks, fertilizers and paper products, the Columbia Rope Company of New York buys the Plymouth Cordage Company. |
| Particulars for Plymouth Cordage Company: | |
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| Area of Significance | Architecture |
| Sight Category | Building |
| Fastener | Cordage |
| Area of Significance | Industry |
| Historic Use | Manufacturing facility |
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