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Shire of Toodyay > Records

ROPE MAKING MACHINE

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Hawkeye Manufacturing Company

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Agriculture/horticulture

Overview

Cast iron, hand operated rope making machine.
Three strand rope maker with the fourth hook being for the core.
Branded Hawkeye, manufactured in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA.
Has had a metal bracket fixed to one side to replace a broken part of the casting .
Affixed to a base of wooden boards which can also be adjusted to allow the unit to be fixed to a table or other structure.

Historical information

Associated with the Hassel family.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-37-2001.405

Item type

Material

Inscriptions and markings

THE HAWKEYE ROPE MACHINE

Place made

Cedar Rapids
Iowa
United States

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

Links to additional resources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rope?fbclid=IwAR3BPqnZcxejt0DfS8d5F8OtEHer0VyTueq…

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