On 16 April 1947, in the port of Texas City, Texas, the freighter GRANDCAMP, with a cargo of ammonium nitrate, small arms ammunition, machinery, and sisal twine, caught fire.

Mr Alex Odundo demonstrates how sisal fibre is processed using one of his home-made machines, called the decorticator. Right: The spooling machine, which is used to twine sisal fibres. The machine ...

Weaned piglets, finishing pigs and breeder pigs also liked to chew on sisal rope. However, they wear the rope down rather soon, and it needs to be replaced. For this reason, the cost-benefit ratio of ...

A group of farmers is wrapping up hay bales with an old-fashioned twine to test it as an alternative to plastic string and plastic netting. The twine, made from the sisal plant, was commonly used ...

Though it is still used in rope, twine, potato sacks and carpets, sisal is being steadily replaced by nylon and other synthetics. Its last bastion is agricultural twine, which now accounts for 75% ...

STANDARD ROPE AND TWINE. Share full article Sept. 18, 1901 The New York Times Archives ...

ROPE AND TWINE GRIEVANCES.; Bondholders' Protective Committee Given a Chance to Talk. Give this article March 3, 1904 The New York Times Archives See the article in its original context from March ...