A 1928 fire ladder truck
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In 1928, the Vancouver Fire Department debuted their fire escape.
Did this thing evolve from a "siege engine"?
It should be, seeing as how high this ladder is, you need to be brave to climb it.
The picture is not very clear. Does this height only depend on the strength of the ladder itself and the fixation of the basic points? It's not impossible, but it would have to weigh a lot. Doesn't it mean that people had some kind of strong, lightweight and durable material at that time? lol digression: There are so many people standing on a vertical ladder (the guy’s akimbo posture at the top is so cool, but he loses his coolness when he loses his footing :L), there are so many people working at heights below (it seems that just watching the fun is not ours; P), and it’s so close to overhead power lines. . . All are safety hazards