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Ropemaking has a long and integral history in the small northeastern port city of Salem, Massachusetts.  Ropes were a necessary commodity for the construction, functioning and upkeep of the fleets of hundreds of cargo vessels.  Ropes, and similar products such as jute bags for holding cotton bales, were commodities manufactured and exported abroad from Salem.  This exhibit provides a glimpse into the people, places and economy of historic ropemaking in Salem, Massachusetts.