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Description: | Scale: Unknown. Model of a scaling ladder comprising of five individual wooden ladders held together by iron square bands and rope lashings, each ladder is identical in size and comprises of six rungs. The ladders are joined using an extended rung at the top of each and a slot which is cut out of the base of each ladder fitting over the rung. This joint is further strengthened by the iron bands and rope lashings. The ladders are built from square section timber with four turned rungs and two rectangular rungs at the base and top of each ladder. There is a short rope lanyard at the top of the ladder for securing it to the object or obstacle being scaled.
One of a pair of model scaling ladders: see SLR2499.
CA: BBC. Referenced in the 1960 East Wing Basement List as being part of the Mercury Collection, No 337 'Two scaling ladders'.
caption: Record Shot - Do not reproduce. | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Greenwich scaling ladders Ship models : their purpose and development from 1650 to the present : illustrated from the ship model collection of the National Maritime Museum models (representations) | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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