Jute was first cultivated in India, where it was used to make ropes and cordage. It is used for making clothes, twine and cordage, bags, linen, paper, and more. This makes it ideal for making into cordage, ropes, fishing nets and canvas. They used fibers from Mountain dogbane, showy milkweed, wild grape, and soap plant for cordage. Stopper has three distinct meanings in the context of knotting and cordage. These materials were also used to make hats, bedding, nets, and cordage. Standing rigging is cordage which is fixed in position. All the yards are manipulated by a complicated arrangement of cordage named the running rigging. A knot is an intentional complication in cordage which may be useful or decorative. Its factories had expanded to include cotton goods, machinery, and cordage. Quincy College has a campus located in Cordage Park. North American was replaced by U.S. Cordage. Another significant cultural group was established with the opening of the Plymouth Cordage plant. In 1953, Yale Cordage, owned by Oliver Sherman Yale, occupied it. This type of construction was pioneered by Yale Cordage.