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Rope-making at Bridon -Willington Quay, “Then and Now”.

Rope-making at Bridon -Willington Quay, “Then and Now”. A brief history of rope-making at Willington Quay, from 1789 to the present day. 1789. First fibre -rope making factory established at W.Q. by William Chapman. 1843. Site taken over by Robert Hood Haggie. .

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Rope-making at Bridon -Willington Quay, “Then and Now”.

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  1. Rope-making at Bridon -Willington Quay, “Then and Now”. A brief history of rope-making at Willington Quay, from 1789 to the present day.

  2. 1789 First fibre-rope making factory established at W.Q. by William Chapman.

  3. 1843 Site taken over by Robert Hood Haggie. He developed the business and expanded the site to 5 acres (20,200 sq.m.)

  4. 1885 Demand for higher BL’s and longer lives, especially for mining – led to start of wire rope production on site.

  5. Craven & Speeding Bros. TyneWire Drawing Co. George Craddock & Co. Bullivant & Co. R.S.Newall & Son. Haggie Bros. Thomas & Wm. Smith. D.H.& G. Haggie. 1924 Amalgamation to form “British Ropes”. British Ropes. British Ropes. N.B. R. Hood Haggie still remained independent.

  6. Awarded registration to BS.5750 – now ISO.9001 – the internationally recognised standard for Quality Management Systems. 1959 R.Hood Haggie becomes part of British Ropes. 1986

  7. World Records - the “Largest” and the “Longest”. 282 mm – largest diameter wire rope ever manufactured. 25,000m – longest single length wire rope ever manufactured.

  8. Bri tish Ropes Don caster (H.Q.) 1989 Company name changed to Bridon Ropes. Bridon

  9. 2008 Where we are today. Output - approx. 26,000 t.p.a. Employees - 150 - working 3 shifts. Rope diameters - from 10 to 140 mm. Wires per strand - from 7 to 52. Constructions - round, Dyform, triangular. Strands per rope - 6, 8, 18 and 34. Wire tensiles - from 1370 to 2260N/mm². Finished weights - from 0.5t to 137t.

  10. 4% - Cable belt systems. Mining. 2% - Aerials. 14% 33% 17% 30% Anchor and drilling lines. Fishing. Cranes and Industrial. 26,000t - Where does it all go?

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