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4. Ropewalk
A 1,200-foot structure housed a ropewalk from the 1830s to 1850. Rope makers walked back and forth with the fiber to make ship cordage. A "great reel" moved horizontally at the eastern end. Archaeological excavations may have found evidence of the ropewalk's foundations.


Ropewalk

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