Jacob's ladder (nautical)
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jacob-s-ladder-nautical-188-165469
title:
Jacob's ladder (nautical)
text:
The term Jacob's ladder, used on a ship, applies to two kinds of rope ladders. The first is a flexible hanging ladder. It consists of vertical ropes or chains supporting horizontal, historically round and wooden, rungs. Today, flat runged flexible ladders are also called Jacob's ladders. The name is commonly used without the apostrophe. They are used to allow access over the side of ships and as a result Pilot ladders are often incorrectly referred to as Jacob's ladders. A pilot ladder has speci
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Various types of rope ladders on ships
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob%27s_ladder_(nautical)
date created:
2005-08-09T15:53:45Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T19:38:07Z
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