Daily Survival Guide
Apr. 8th, 2010 09:41 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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Joseph Winters patented his first fire ladder in 1878. On April 8, 1879, Winters received a patent for a new and improved version. The ladder was built on a wagon frame, so that it could be moved quickly and easily to the site of a fire. It was constructed of layers of crosspieces on hinges, which could be raised and lowered by a crank in a scissoring motion to the proper height.
