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American Steel-Ji Company if! all Wire rope is made by laying wires into strands and coiling the strands around a hemp or steel center which is saturated with a special lubricant. The rope lay- ing machine illustrated is of the vertical type, that is, the bobbins are arranged to revolve in a horizontal plane about a vertical axis. As the coils rotate around the central core, they are drawn upward through a fixed closing die by means of a large draw-off drum. The rope passes around this drum several times before it is finally coiled upon a reel. Rigid inspections follow each opera- tion in the production of our wire a. rope. And all finished rope is tested Illustration 1 shows the strands passing through the fixed an d re-tested to insure uniformity closing die. 2—The bobbins are mounted in frames which are maintained in one position to prevent axial twisting of the e strands. 3—The finished rope is coiled upon a reel which is of grade and construction. driven by the gearing of the machine. MARLIN CLAD-HAWSERS-CARGO FALLS-RIGGING ROPE SALES OFFICES CHICAGO . 208 So. La Salle Streee ST.LOUIS . . . 506 Olive Street NEW YORK . . 30Church Street ATLANTA. . 101 Marietta Street WILKESBARRE . . Miners Bldg. CLEVELAND . . Rockefeller Bldg. KANSAS CITY . 417 Grand Avenue DETROIT Foot of First Street OKLAHOMA CITY BOSTON . . 185 Franklin Street WORCESTER . . 94GroveStreet DALLAS . . . Praetorian Bldg. Sear : First National Bank Bldg. CINCINNATI . . Union Trust Bldg. BIRMINGHAM . Brown-Marx Bldg. PITTSBURGH .. . Frick Bldg. BALTIMORE . 32 So. Charles Street DENVER . First National Bank Bldg. MINNEAPOLIS — ST. PAUL MEMPHIS PHILADELPHIA . Widener Bldg. Merchants Nat’! Bk. Bldg., St. Paul Union and Planters Bank Bldg. BUFFALO . . 670 Ellicott Street SALTLAKECITY. Walker Bk. Bldg, UNITED STATES STEEL PRODUCTS COMPANY, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Portland, Seattle MARINE REVIEW—July, 1928 133