In Boston in the Massachusetts Colony, some early rope making businesses were called 'ropewalks'. Jalan Pintal Tali which is in one of the older, central parts of George Town, Penang, Malaysia, literally means "rope-twisting street". In Toronto, a ropewalk appears on municipal maps from as early as the 1860s and operated for at least 40 years. The ropewalk ran to the east of Lansdowne Avenue (formerly Jameson Avenue, then North Lansdowne Avenue). 1884 Insurance Plan shows the factory going from lot 42 at the south end to lot 35 at the north. The Reeperbahn in Hamburg is now the center of the famous amusement and red-light district St. Pauli. The Ropewalk in Nottingham passes over Park Tunnel. See also Reeperbahn References External links Chatham Victorian ropery Alexandria Archaeology Museum, Virginia. Boston Harbor Map 8 Ropewalk: A Cordage Engineer's Journey Through History La Corderie Royale in Rochefort, France Ropework Buildings and structures by type fr:Corderie