Might be a stupid Question, but WHY.............

Quote: Rosswire "Warrington was at one time the centre for the wire manufacturing industry, particularly steel wire, in the UK and for that matter the rest of the world too.

Many of the Standards were established in Warrington ie, Standard Wire Gauge or SWG.

Companies Like Rylands, White Cross, Lockers etc led the world.

Also many of the Strand formations were developed in Warrington (different ways of stranding wires together). Even today in rope making many of the strands came out of Warrington.

In fact there is a single strand formation still know as "Warrington Strand".

At rugby matches at Wilderspool large %s of the crowd were "wire pullers"
hence the name.'"

Great stuff. You learn something everyday!

For those with a keen interest in wire ropes and stranding the Warrington strand features far thinner wires in the outer wire circle than a Seale strand. This makes for a marked reduction in flexural stress. During fatigue bending tests on round grooves, ropes made of Warrington strands with a 1-6-6+6 construction achieve around a 20-40% longer service life than comparable ropes made using Sealestrands. Ropes made from Warrington strands are used in traction elevators with double-wrap drives and in roped hydraulic elevators. Consequently, both Seale and Warrington are encountered as strand constructions for elevator ropes in countries such as Germany and the U.K