Chatham Ropeyard
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10999725 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J G COAD (Public Works, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1969 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 143-165 |
| Publication date | 1969-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Post-Medieval Archaeology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0079-4236 • E-ISSN: 1745-8137 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1179/pma.1969.007 |
| OpenAlex | W4238628400 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
This paper concerns the building and operations of a Royal Navy ropeworks at the end of the 18th century. It relates the improvements of the ropeyard at Chatham to parallel developments at other English naval dockyards. It describes the rebuilding of the Rope House and associated structures between 1787 and 1792, and explains in detail the processes and organization of ropemaking at the close of the 18th century
Aeronautics · Archaeology · Economics · Management · Navy · Operations research · Rope · Shipbuilding · Shipyard · Engineering · Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies · History · Maritime and Coastal Archaeology · Mechanical Engineering · Metallurgy and Cultural Artifacts
| Citations per year | 0.3 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2016 - 2019 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |