
Detail of type of 'stake' or 'gate' support for supporting of ropes
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Gourock Ropeworks
View of front of traveller. This twisted the strands into rope as it travelled forward
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Gourock Ropeworks
View along length of ropewalk
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Oblique aerial view of Gourock Rope Works, looking E.
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Oblique aerial view of Gourock Rope Works, looking NW.
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Aerial view.
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General view from SE.
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Detail of keystone.
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Interior view of East end of ropewalk showing walk machinery; foregear, traveller and top-cart (reading right to left).
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Interior.
View of E end of ropewalk.
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General view from N.
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Ropewalk - detail of rope-guide
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Interior view of East end of ropewalk showing three-part relationship of walk machinery: foregear, traveller and top-cart (reading from right to left).
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Port Glasgow, Gourock Rorework Company, interior
View of traveller
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Gourock Ropeworks
View of traveller in situ
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Gourock Ropeworks
View along length of top floor
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Gourock Ropeworks
View of rope tarring area
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General view from NE.
Digital image of RE/1248
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Port Glasgow, general view, showing Gourock Ropework Co. Ltd., Bay Street and Docks. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing west.
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Port Glasgow, general view, showing Gourock Ropework Co. Ltd., Bay Street and Bouverie Street. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing north-west.
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Aerial view.
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Aerial view.
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Aerial view.
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Port Glasgow, Gourock Ropeworks, NS37SW 29, Ordnance Survey index card, Recto
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Interior.
Detail of junction between jack-arch and beam in ropewalk.
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Detail of type of 'stake' or 'gate' support for supporting of ropes
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Interior view of intermediate two-storey section - arched fireproof floor construction supported on centre row of cast-iron columns
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Gourock Ropeworks
View of main productive building from NE
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Gourock Ropeworks
View of foreturn
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Gourock Ropeworks
View of bobbin creel
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Gourock Ropeworks Co Ltd, Port Glasgow Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing West. This image was marked by AeroPictorial Ltd for photo editing.
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Oblique aerial view of Gourock Rope Works, looking SE.
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Oblique aerial view of Gourock Rope Works, looking ENE.
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Oblique aerial view of Gourock Rope Works, looking NE.
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General view from east.
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Aerial view.
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Aerial view.
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Port Glasgow, Gourock Ropeworks, NS37SW 29, Ordnance Survey index card, Recto
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Eastmost section of ropewalk showing jack-arch fireproof construction
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Interior.
Detail of exposed beam and column connection in machine hall.
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Interior.
Detail of beam and column.
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Interior.
View of remains of house machine.
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Interior.
View of top-cart on S walk.
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Detail of type of 'stake' or 'gate' support for supporting of ropes
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Port Glasgow, Gourock Ropework Company
View from WNW
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Gourock Ropeworks
Detail of foreturn
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Gourock Ropeworks
General view of top floor
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Gourock Ropeworks
Exterior view of ropewalk
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Port Glasgow, general view, showing Gourock Ropework Co. Ltd., Bay Street and Greenock Road. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing east.
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Gourock Ropeworks Co Ltd, Port Glasgow Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing West. This image was marked by AeroPictorial Ltd for photo editing.
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Oblique aerial view of Gourock Rope Works, looking WSW.
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General view from north.
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Interior.
View of house machine.
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Gourock Ropeworks
General View of complex from SE
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Gourock Ropeworks
View from S
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Gourock Ropeworks
View of rear of traveller
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General view of building complex from South West with ropewalk in foreground
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Port Glasgow, general view, showing Gourock Ropework Co. Ltd., Bay Street and Bouverie Street. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing north-west.
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Gourock Ropeworks Co Ltd, Port Glasgow Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing North/West. This image was marked by AeroPictorial Ltd for photo editing.
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Oblique aerial view of Gourock Rope Works, looking SSE.
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Oblique aerial view of Gourock Rope Works, looking N.
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View from NW.
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View from NE.
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General view from NW.
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View of Ropework exterior from North West
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Gourock Ropeworks
View of House Rope machines
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Oblique aerial view of Gourock Rope Works, looking S.
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Oblique aerial view of Gourock Rope Works, looking SSW.
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General view from north west.
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General view from south east.
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Aerial view.
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Interior view of machine hall in eastmost section of ropewalk, showing bowed shape of cast-iron beams, here exposed.
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Interior.
View of walk machinery at E end of ropewalk.
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View of Greenock and Port Glasgow Ropemakers Society Certificate dated 30th July 1813, showing the ropemaking process together with a view of the harbour.
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Port Glasgow, Gourock Ropework Company, interior
View of travellers' workings
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Port Glasgow, general view, showing Gourock Ropework Co. Ltd., Bay Street and Docks. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing west.
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Oblique aerial view of Gourock Rope Works, looking NNW.
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Aerial view.
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Aerial view.
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Port Glasgow, Gourock Ropeworks, NS37SW 29, Ordnance Survey index card, Recto
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View of offices from N.
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Interior.
Detail of fireproof floor construction in ropewalk.
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Gourock Ropeworks
View of front of traveller. This twisted the strands into rope as it travelled forward
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Gourock Ropeworks
Detail of traveller in situ
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Gourock Ropeworks
Detail of front of traveller
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Port Glasgow, general view, showing Gourock Ropework Co. Ltd., Bay Street and Greenock Road. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing west.
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Aerial view.
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Detail of bobbin-frame situated at East end of ropewalk
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Details
Organisation: Historic Environment Scotland (HES)
Alternative name(s): Bay Street
Canmore ID: 42443
Site type: Rope Works (18th Century), Sugar Refinery (19th Century)
County: Renfrewshire
Parish: Port Glasgow
Council: Inverclyde