When you’re caught in a bind — or at the end of your rope — making cordage is a skill that could come in handy. Cordage — that is, thread, string or rope — is all but indispensable in a survival ...

PLYMOUTH – Historic Plymouth has several museums dedicated to the Pilgrim experience. Only one tells the story of its immigrant workers. The Plymouth Cordage Museum in the Cordage Commerce Center in ...

Cordage is invaluable in a survival situation. A simple piece of rope can construct a shelter or trap a meal. While many natural resources can be transformed into cordage, few have the raw strength of ...

Yale Cordage, a Saco company that makes a wide range of specialty ropes for key industries such as mining and arboriculture, took home the “Best in Show” trophy at Trade Day 2018 for a new product ...

PLYMOUTH - A facelift won’t help, and surgery is as risky as doing nothing. The body is frail and ready to collapse under its own weight. At 123, the iconic Cordage Commerce Center smokestack in North ...

Tiny bits of twisted plant fibers found on an ancient stone tool suggest that Neanderthals were able to make and use sophisticated cords like string and rope. Cords made from twisted fibers are so ...

A landmark smokestack on the edge of the ocean in North Plymouth will come down next month, after the town’s building commissioner determined the 123-year-old structure ― once part of the historic ...

Editor’s note: This tour of small businesses across the country highlights the imagination, diversity, and resilience of American enterprise. Out West, rodeo gets ’em young. Often it’s the ranch kids, ...