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aerial ladder

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aerial ladder
n.
A ladder that can be extended to reach high places, especially one mounted on a fire engine.

aerial ladder
n
(Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) the US and Canadian term for turntable ladder
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Noun1.aerial ladderaerial ladder - mechanically extendible ladder; used on a fire truck
extension ladder - a ladder whose length can be extended


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But you remember your knees knocking climbing that aerial ladder as it swayed violently in the wind - toward two window washers stranded on a broken scaffolding dangling 300 feet above the ground.
In August, Len drove his 1940 Seagrave tractor-trailer aerial ladder truck for this year's event and his peninsula division raised $92,000.
While the Pierce 75-foot aluminum aerial ladder is a performance and safety leader in the aluminum aerial ladder market, this new 100-foot aerial will allow firefighters to perform at greater heights with remarkable strength, safety and integrity," said John Randjelovic, executive vice president and president of Pierce.
 
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