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DOWNS & SONS ROPE & CORDAGE WORKS (FORMER)

Other Name

Sampson Cordage Works

Location

64-72 TINNING STREET, 7-9 CASSELS ROAD, 13 & 15 LA ROSE STREET, and 1-19 & 2-16 ROPE WALK, BRUNSWICK, MORELAND CITY

Level

Included in Heritage Overlay

Statement of Significance

The Downs and Sons Rope and Cordage Works is of state historical and technological significance. It is one of few such remaining works in Melbourne. The buildings on the site date from 1907, but the use dates from 1888 or earlier, and as such demonstrate a long continuity of use on the site by a specialised industry. Whilst the architecture itself is of little significance, the incorporation of industry-specific built, elements such as the long rope walk, are of note.

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