Duct Tape

By mfentress

  • steel cables supporting the Manhattan Bridge were first covered in linseed oil then wrapped in duck cloth before being laid in place.

    steel cables supporting the Manhattan Bridge were first covered in linseed oil then wrapped in duck cloth before being laid in place.

  • tape pioneer Richard Gurley Drew at 3M invented masking tape

    tape pioneer Richard Gurley Drew at 3M invented masking tape

  • a team headed by Revolite's Johnny Denoye and Johnson & Johnson's Bill Gross developed the new adhesive tape

    a team headed by Revolite's Johnny Denoye and Johnson & Johnson's Bill Gross developed the new adhesive tape

  • Richard Gurley Drew developed a transparent cellophane-based tape

    Richard Gurley Drew developed a transparent cellophane-based tape

  • Gimbel's department store offered venetian blinds that were held together with vertical strips of duck tape.

    Gimbel's department store offered venetian blinds that were held together with vertical strips of duck tape.

  • the idea to seal the boxes with a fabric tape which she had tested.

    the idea to seal the boxes with a fabric tape which she had tested.