97 - Peoria Cordage Company
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Peoria Cordage Company “Binder, Twine and Rope” was founded in 1888 and closed it’s doors in 1975. I thank Emtronics (and his good story), because I honestly wasn’t quite sure what I was looking at.
According to Jerry Klein’s book Peoria Industry, “The Peoria Cordage Co., for years a prosperous presence on SW Washington, declined with the decreasing use of hemp-based twine. [...]Â The hemp used in its twine was imported from the Phillipines and was a product of the manilla tree, part of the banana family.”
The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.Â
October 22nd, 2006 at 7:11 pm
The old Peoria Cordage company down on Washington Street. They made all kinds of rope. While in the Navy circa 1972, I was on a ship that had a huge roll of rope about 4 inches in diameter for mooring. It was stamped on the side of the wooden reel Peoria Cordage, Peoria, IL. Being from Peoria and being in Subic Bay the Phillipines, that was neat.
May 12th, 2008 at 5:10 pm
[...] I encourage everyone to read the March/April edition of Art & Society Magazine to learn about a hidden jewel of a program which is the Prairie Center of the Arts, located in the old Peoria Cordage building (NTPL #97). [...]