Devil's Rope Museum - Satellite Oddity - McLean, Texas, USA.
N 35° 13.883 W 100° 35.833
14S E 354656 N 3899871
Featured on Virtual Globetrotting the Satellite Oddity website. A really oddball museum with 2 giant balls of barbed wire, displayed in front. The Devil's Rope Museum tells the story of Barbed Wire & its History. Located in McLean, Texas.
Waymark Code: WMR851
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 05/25/2016
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This building houses the worlds largest museum on barbed wire. In front of the museum there are two giant balls balls of barbed wire, much like the balls that people roll with wool, but with sharp points. Visit The Devil's Rope Museum and you may get hooked on collecting barbed wire.
"Several patents for fencing wire were issued from 1853 to 1867, only one had projecting points. The first practical "barbed wire" invention came from Michael Kelly of New York in 1868. His design allowed factory manufacture. Barbed wire as we know it today, came from the mind of Joseph F. Glidden of DeKalb, Illinois in 1874. He improvised with various modifications until he came up with a design that would withstand years of court litigation earning him the title of "The Father of Barbed Wire.
The Glidden wire was unique, consisting of one wire holding evenly-spaced barbs along its length. A second barb-less wire was twisted around the first wire thus doubling its strength, durability and also holding the many barbs in place
Today, more than 450 patents exist for barbed wire and more than 2,000 types and variations of barbed wire have been found by collectors. Also coveted are historical documents, photos, wire tools, advertisements, catalogs, patent models, wire medicine samples and memorabilia." Text Source: (
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"A museum of barbed wire -- that's what The Devil's Rope Museum is -- can't help but raise questions. One of ours was: "Do you stock band-aids?" And they do." Text Source: (
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Days and Hours of Operation:
Our hours are 9 AM to 5 PM, Monday thru Friday. 10 AM to 4 PM Saturdays. We are closed in the winter from Nov. 1, to Mar. 1
Address:
100 Kingsley Street ( Route 66) .McLean, Texas USA.