Jamie Goddard, owner of the Rope Guru in South Portland, counts among his customers utilities, ship builders and arborists. PHOTO / TIM GREENWAY Sales have more than doubled every year since Jamie ...

Monarch Mountain, located near Salida, Colorado, is in the process of replacing the haul rope for their Garfield chairlift. Garfield has ferried skiers up Monarch since 1969. The resort shared a ...

Mathematics is unpicking the secrets of a centuries-old nautical skill called splicing - joining two ropes together end to end by interweaving their strands 1. Chris Leech of rope and fibre ...

The mooring and towing of oil rigs and huge ships rely on the strength and durability of thick ropes and the splices that join those ropes. Yet the mathematical models used to evaluate ropes have long ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Collected by amateur archaeologist ...