Cordoaria Nacional
In Cordoaria Nacional, in Belém, Lisbon, rope-making once served the Portuguese Navy and the wider shipping that used the nearby River Tagus. An order by the Marquis of Pombal was made in 1771, and the factory building was completed in 1779, with rope work believed to have started on the site as early as 1775 in the open air. The works stretched parallel to the river as two parallel buildings, each 353.30 meters long, built for producing sisal ropes, cables, sails, and other nautical equipment. One building twisted ropes into cables, while the other spun linen for sails, flags, and related gear, and the labour was done by hand, supported by hand-operated machines. The workforce included blind people, war veterans, and even prisoners, and the factory produced early examples of the Portuguese national flag, first publicly unfurled at the National Flag Festival on 1 December 1910. …
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