Port Glasgow Rope & Duck Works

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  • Textile production Canvas, etc, production inc ship sails, tents, sacks, etc
  • Textile production Rope, twine & net production

Notes:

Established 1735 as rope makers with John Stevenson as manager. 1740 diversified into making canvas and canvas products. Imported raw materials from Baltic, especially hemp, where suppliers included David Barkley / Barclay of Koenigsberg and others of St Petersburg. 1797 acquired by Gourock Rope Co

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