Word: ladders
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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EDITORS HARVARD HERALD : In your article of Monday on fire-escapes it was mentioned that "the plan of permanent ladders, such as are now on Matthews and Holyoke, was objectionable in several ways. On the front of the buildings situated like Hollis, Stoughton and others the ladders would be ungainly-looking objects and give easy access to robbers in summer." These objections, however, do not apply to the middle entry of Thayer. A stationary ladder could be adjusted to the building on either side of the entry windows facing the chapel without destroying the harmony of structure of the hall...
...Rope-ladder with ball and string attached...
...Bangor extension ladder fifty feet long, with raising poles. Basement window, marked "Fire Ladder," in the south end of Weld. No lock...
...Bangor extension ladder sixty feet long and common ladder forty feet long, with raising poles. - Basement window, marked "Fire Ladders," in the southwest corner of Appleton Chapel. No lock...
...Ladder thirty feet long and ladder forty-five feet long in the basement of Harvard Hall. Door usually locked...