Costello Dismantling Recycles Historic Cordage-Making Facility

摘要

In the 1890s, Plymouth, Massachusetts became the rope manufacturing capital of the world. Built to service the maritime and agricultural markets, Plymouth Cordage's Mill #2, a 300,000-sq-ft building, was constructed in many ways similarly to other mill buildings from the time period-brick exterior walls (made on site), southern yellow pine structural timbers, decking and roof, and granite sills and foundation. But unusual for the time, the building featured an air conditioning system, where cool air from underground tunnels was pumped with large rotary compressors through specially designed shafts in the east wall of the building.