Alexluyckx iconAlexluyckxAug 20, 2026

Between Darkness & Light | Hooven & Allison Cordage Company

The VCXPEX events were a great way to check out locations I usually would not see. Old industries in Ontario were few and far between and often had been restored with some adaptive reuse or so run down that it was unsafe to enter.

Between Darkness & Light | Hooven & Allison Cordage Company

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The VCXPEX events were a great way to check out locations I usually would not see.

Old industries in Ontario were few and far between and often had been restored with some adaptive reuse or so run down that it was unsafe to enter.

Enter the former Hooven & Allison Rope Factory or Cordage company, depending on where you looked and who you asked.

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The VCXPEX events were a great way to check out locations I usually would not see. Old industries in Ontario were few and far between and often had been restored with some adaptive reuse or so run down that it was unsafe to enter. Enter the former Hooven & Allison Rope Factory or Cordage company, depending on where you looked and who you asked.

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  • This massive 19th-century rope work factory in Xenia, Ohio, was a local attraction even though it had been burned three times.
  • Tracking a complete and chronologically accurate history of the Hooven & Allison Cordage Company proved difficult.

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