High Ladders

[68jk09]

^^^^ Yes gg there initially was an elevator type basket installed during the initial demonstrations.

 

[soda-acid]

Before going in service they were testing the two at the old rock (Welfare Island) and one of the elevators went into a free fall. Luckily no one was on it at the time. The elevators were promptly removed from both rigs.

 

[Rich M]

From the book The Bravest. That’s got to be one hell of a climb.

 

[Rich M]

I actually saw 119 on operation stretched to the extreme limit. There was a seagull stuck at the top. 119 pulled up put the tip to its fullest ext and somehow the member fit it free. It was a Catholic Church on Catalpa Ave and Woodward Ave in the Ridgewood section of Queens New York.

Saint Matthias RC Church

 

[Steve Tellis]

Wasn't there a fire in Brooklyn where the High Ladder was fully extended and It.Chico and a firefighter were on the tip trying to save a woman from a fully involved apartment..she was trying to save her cat and may have jumped or fallen Steve

 

[Rich M]

Wasn't there a fire in Brooklyn where the High Ladder was fully extended and It.Chico and a firefighter were on the tip trying to save a woman from a fully involved apartment..she was trying to save her cat and may have jumped or fallen Steve

Yes you are correct. Once again from the book “The Bravest”.

 

[Rich M]

Sorry about that. Here is the right side of the article.

 

[Steve Tellis]

I remember reading about a fire in Harlem, where every type of truck on the job, at the time, was in use at this multiple. Mack CF 75' and 95' Towers, Mack CF/LTI 100' RM, Seagrave 100' RM and Tiller, one of the Sutphen Towers, maybe ALF RM and Tiller, possibly one if the High Ladders or the Grove remount. Steve

 

[Steve Tellis]

I remember reading about a fire in Harlem, where every type of truck on the job, at the time, was in use at this multiple. Mack CF 75' and 95' Towers, Mack CF/LTI 100' RM, Seagrave 100' RM and Tiller, one of the Sutphen Towers, maybe ALF RM and Tiller, possibly one if the High Ladders or the Grove remount. Steve

 

[Nasibova]

Were the high ladders or the grove reamounts still around in 1984 or after if the ALF / LTl rearmounts were there?

 

[Steve Tellis]

Were the high ladders or the grove reamounts still around in 1984 or after if the ALF / LTl rearmounts were there?

Someone with more knowledge of the rigs is needed. Steve

 

[soda-acid]

The Grove ladders were gone by 1984.

 

[Steve Tellis]

In the process of unpacking after a move, and found my copy of The
Bravest. Just re-reading the story of the High Ladder rescue attempt in Brooklyn. Steve