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Dipping Fish Nets in a Tarring Vat. Dipping nets in hot coal tar prevented the cotton twine from rotting and helped to set the knots.

Photograph courtesy Illinois Natural History Survey.

<b>Dipping Fish Nets in a Tarring Vat</b>. Dipping nets in hot coal tar prevented the cotton twine from rotting and helped to set the knots.