Plymouth Cordage Company

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Ropemaking firm, Plymouth, Mass. Founded in 1824 by Bourne Spooner. A mill was opened in Welland, Ontario in 1905. In 1938 the firm purchased Consumers Cordage Company of Canada and in 1947 acquired Federal Fibre Mills of New Orleans. The company was merged into Emhart Corporation in 1965 and the cordage manufacturing plant was sold to Columbian Rope Company the same year.

From the description of Records, 1824-1966 (inclusive). (Harvard Business School). WorldCat record id: 269595341

Established 1824 in Plymouth, Mass.; purchased Consumers Cordage Co., Dartmouth, N.S., 1938; merged into Columbian Rope Company in 1965.

From the description of Records of the Plymouth Cordage Company, 1824-1957. (Mystic Seaport Museum, G W Blunt White Library). WorldCat record id: 47728098

From the description of Records, 1824-1957. (Mystic Seaport Museum, G W Blunt White Library). WorldCat record id: 70955766

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Role Title Holding Repository
referencedIn Holmes, Helen 1865-1938. Helen Holmes papers 1883-1938 Old Colony Library Network, OCLN
referencedIn E.A. Shaw & Co. [Business records]. American Textile History Museum Library
creatorOf Plymouth Cordage Company. Records, 1824-1957. G. W. Blunt White Library
creatorOf A. Leschen & Sons Rope Co. Trade catalogs of rope, cordage and cable, 1874-1937. University of California, Santa Barbara, UCSB Library
referencedIn O.C. & K.R. Wilson, Inc. Records, ca. 1870-1950. G. W. Blunt White Library
creatorOf Jenks, Fred A. The Woolder or Wooler stick, 1927. Massachusetts Historical Society
referencedIn O.C. & K.R. Wilson, Inc. Records of O.C. & K.R. Wilson, ca. 1870-1950. G. W. Blunt White Library
creatorOf Plymouth Cordage Company. Records, 1824-1966 (inclusive). Harvard Business School, Knowledge and Library Services/Baker Library
creatorOf Plymouth Cordage Company. Records of the Plymouth Cordage Company, 1824-1957. G. W. Blunt White Library
referencedIn American Felt Company. Trade catalogs of textiles, 1895-1927. University of California, Santa Barbara, UCSB Library
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associatedWith Bosworth, D. E. person
associatedWith Bramhall, Charles. person
associatedWith Brewster, Ellis W. person
associatedWith Brown, Robert A. person
associatedWith Clark, B. Preston, 1860-1939. person
associatedWith Consumers Cordage Co. corporateBody
associatedWith Cooper, George. person
associatedWith Cordage Institute. corporateBody
associatedWith Crocker and Company. corporateBody
associatedWith Davis, John C. person
associatedWith Dodge, Milo C. person
associatedWith E.A. Shaw & Co. corporateBody
associatedWith Hathaway, H. K. person
associatedWith Henry W. Peabody and Company. corporateBody
associatedWith Holmes, Francis C. person
associatedWith Holmes, Gideon Francis, 1843-1911. person
associatedWith Holmes, Helen 1865-1938 person
associatedWith Jenks, Fred A. person
associatedWith Lewis, Winston, B. person
associatedWith Lindsay Brothers. corporateBody
associatedWith Loring, Augustus Peabody, 1856-1938. person
associatedWith Loring, Augustus Peabody, 1885-1951. person
associatedWith Loring, Caleb. person
associatedWith Lovering, William. person
associatedWith Magoun, David C. person
associatedWith Marsh, Levi H. person
associatedWith Morison, Samuel Eliot, 1887-1976. person
associatedWith Nazro, William E. C. person
associatedWith Nichols, A. W. person
associatedWith O.C. & K.R. Wilson, Inc. corporateBody
associatedWith O.C. & K.R. Wilson, Inc. corporateBody
associatedWith Phipps, William. person
associatedWith Plymouth Cordage Company (Plymouth, Mass.) corporateBody
associatedWith Spooner, Bourne. person
associatedWith Stevens, John A. person
associatedWith United States. National Recovery Administration. corporateBody
associatedWith Wallace, Frederick W. person
associatedWith Watertown Arsenal (Mass.) corporateBody
associatedWith Weld, Aaron D. person
associatedWith Whiting, Elijah. person
associatedWith Whitney and Holmes. corporateBody
Place Name Admin Code Country
Louisiana--New Orleans
Great Britain
Massachusetts
United States
Ontario--Welland
Yucatán (Mexico : State)
Massachusetts--Plymouth
Massachusetts--Plymouth
Cuba
Nova Scotia--Dartmouth
West Duxbury (Mass.)
Massachusetts--Plymouth
Nova Scotia--Dartmouth
Subject
Cordage
Cordage industry
Hemp
Industrial relations
Manufactures
Rope trade
Textile industry
World War, 1914-1918
Working class
Occupation
Activity
Manufacturer
Ropemakers
Textile workers

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Active 1874

Active 1937

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