Ropemaking at Bridon Willington Quay,

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Rope-making at Bridon -Willington Quay, Then
and Now.
A brief history of rope-making at Willington
Quay, from 1789 to the present day.
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1789
First fibre-rope making factory established at
W.Q. by William Chapman.
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1843
Site taken over by Robert Hood Haggie.
He developed the business and expanded the site
to 5 acres (20,200 sq.m.)
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1885
Demand for higher BLs and longer lives,
especially for mining led to start of wire rope
production on site.
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1924
Amalgamation to form British Ropes.
British Ropes.
British Ropes.
N.B. R. Hood Haggie still remained independent.
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1959
R.Hood Haggie becomes part of British Ropes.
1986
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World Records - the Largest and the Longest.
282 mm largest diameter wire rope ever
manufactured.
25,000m longest single length wire rope ever
manufactured.
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1989
Company name changed to Bridon Ropes.
Bridon
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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.
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26,000t - Where does it all go?
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