Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 233, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 October 1917 — SHOP LADDER MADE STRONG [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

SHOP LADDER MADE STRONG

Device Made of Pipe and Fitting* Found Quite Convenient in Making Needed Repairs. In a railroad repair shop where ordinary ladders were found bulky when made strbngly enough, ladders built up of pipe and fittings, re-inforced, were made and used with satisfaction, writes Joseph K. Long of Renovo, Pa.,

In Popular Mechanics Magazine. They were built of 1%-inch pipe Joined with tees, and bolts were passed through the tee* and rung* for further strengthening. The ladders being 28 Inches wide, it is possible to pas* planks at any. of the rung levels. The ends were pointed to glv* a secur* fontlntr. ' - -

Ladder for Repair Shop.