| 11. | Originally rope or oakum packing was used.
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| 12. | In modern times, the fibrous material used in oakum comes from virgin hemp or jute.
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| 13. | Caulking was made from the pitch of pine trees, and palmetto leaves were used as oakum.
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| 14. | Next he started an oakum manufactory, probably to help a brother, but it did not prosper.
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| 15. | If it is fairly large, use oakum, an oily rope-type material you can stuff in.
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| 16. | Found in the cracks of the floorboards were needles, pins, thimbles, oakum, string and buttons.
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| 17. | Old rope was also hung up, to provide oakum for closing up the seams between ships'boards.
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| 18. | The oakum extracted was for use on navy ships, and the instructor said that they were serving the country.
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| 19. | Because of colonial and naval expansion of the era, economies needed large quantities of hemp for rope and oakum.
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| 20. | A molten-lead joint was then run around the socket to ensure that the oakum seal remained in place.
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