Monday 28 July 2014

Inside San Franciso's Fire Department, Where Ladders Are Made by Hand

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San Francisco's Fire Department is one of the few left in the US that still uses wooden ladders. Each is made by hand at a dedicated workshop. Some have been in rotation for nearly a century. Hang on: Wouldn't a wooden ladder burn? Yes. They go up in flames.

(thanks Cora)

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