The equipment was once part of Lowe's Rope and Twine manufactory. The firm was established in 1801. In 1866, new buildings were added and in 1870 the construction of a steam house brought ...

Chatham Dockyard was once at the forefront of ship building, throughout its history it provided over 500 ships for the Royal Navy and each of those ships needed a lot of rope. An 18th century ...

The piece of the broken tow rope mounted on a board was given to the museum by Jim Mussett of Mersea who was one of the crew of the Endeavour. The museum has oral history recordings of Jim.