Ropewalk

More modern fibres are likewise spun together for the same reasons, but because they are inherently stronger, similar strength is often achieved at much lower weight and size.

Because the distances involved are far greater, a more continuous flow process replaces the standard ropewalk, shortening the length of the walk as the runner becomes static, and the feed end becomes far more complex as it has to spin in one direction whilst laying the rope in the other.

The ropewalk at Chatham Dockyard (as part of the Ropery or Ropehouse) is still producing rope commercially and has an internal length of 1,135 feet (346 m).

Before steam power was introduced in 1836, it took over 200 men to form and close a cable laid rope of 20 inches (51 cm) circumference.

In the early 17th century, Peter Appleby constructed a 980-foot long (300 m) ropewalk (for the dockyard) in the Christianshavn neighbourhood of Copenhagen, Denmark.

[3] From the late 17th century, the ropewalk on the Swedish island of Lindholmen was a key component of the Karlskrona Naval Base producing rope up to 300 metres in length for the cordage of warships.

[4] A similarly scaled facility in Rochefort, Charente-Maritime, France, called the Corderie Royale, is also maintained as a museum within the Centre International de la Mer.

[10] Jalan Pintal Tali, which is in one of the older, central parts of George Town, Penang, Malaysia, literally means "rope-twisting street".