Naval stores

Naval Stores is a broad term which originally applied to the resin-based components used in building and maintaining wooden sailing ships, a category which includes cordage, mask, turpentine, rosin, pitch (resin) and tar. In modern usage, the term applies to all products derived from pine sap, which are used to manufacture soap, paint, varnish, shoe polish, lubricants, linoleum, and roofing material.

History

Naval stores were a large part of the colonial Carolina economy in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. Sawn lumber, shingles, and staves especially buoyed the northeastern Carolina economy.

See also

• Shipbuilding
• Naval stores industry
• Bark hack

Footnotes

External links

• http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/history/naval_stores.htm
• http://www.maritime.org/conf/conf-kaye-tar.htm
• http://www.fao.org/documents/show_cdr.asp?url_file=/docrep/V6460E/v6460e04.htm
• http://www.hchsonline.org/places/turpentine.html
• http://www.unctv.org/exploringNC/episode308.html