Modern mechanism, exhibiting the latest progress in machines, motors, and the transmission of power, being a supplementary volume to Appletons' cyclopaedia of applied mechanics (1892)
Benjamin, Park, 1849-1922 · New York, D. Appleton · leaf 368
vices have been constructed for elevating lad-ders against a burning building, so as to allow both of escape of inmates and ready access ofthe firemen. The Hayes Extension Ladder-Truck, manufactured by the La France Fire-Engine Co., ofElmira, N. Y.. is illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2. Fig. 1 shows the… … Fig. 1.—Hayes extension ladder-truck. Fm. 2.—Hayes extension ladder-truck. attached to the truck. The lower portion is hung on trunnions supported on an A-frame,which stands on a turn-table which is attached to the main frame of the truck. From theunder side of the ladder is hung a pair of arms…
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