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* Wear heavy work gloves (which protect against sharp burrs when handling a wire-rope winch cable).

Winching How-To: Never Get Your Truck Stuck Again 2009

Our fixed wire-rope lashings had to be laced together with lengths of thin rope, and this took time; but when properly done, as it was now, the cases were held as though in a vice, and could not move.

The South Pole~ The End of the Winter 2009

The rest of us spliced the ropes and made the necessary tackles, while others spliced wire-rope shafts to our sledges.

The South Pole~ On the Barrier 2009

The rest of us spliced the ropes and made the necessary tackles, while others spliced wire-rope shafts to our sledges.

The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian antarctic expedition in the 'Fram', 1910 to 1912 2003

Our fixed wire-rope lashings had to be laced together with lengths of thin rope, and this took time; but when properly done, as it was now, the cases were held as though in a vice, and could not move.

The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian antarctic expedition in the 'Fram', 1910 to 1912 2003

It is strong as wire-rope, and does not "kink" under any circumstances -- which latter is a consideration, as sometimes a paltry trout may come on, and you have only to haul him in hand-over-hand without running the risk of your line getting into a mess.

Scotch Loch-Fishing William Senior

There are two waterside hotels at La Roche-Guyon, beside the ugly wire-rope bridge, but we knew them of old, and knew they were likely to be full of an unspeakable class of Parisian merrymakers.

The Automobilist Abroad

The total length of the viaduct is 1715 ft. The lattice girders of the side spans were first rolled into place, so as to project some distance beyond the piers, and then the arch ribs were built out, being partly supported by wire-rope cables from the lattice girders above.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Various

Locomotive Works, and at the Roebling wire-rope shop in Trenton were of mysterious origin.

Woodrow Wilson and the World War A Chronicle of Our Own Times. Charles Seymour 1924

Roebling wire-rope shop, suspected German plots in, 79

Woodrow Wilson and the World War A Chronicle of Our Own Times. Charles Seymour 1924