There is no use of going into detail about rigging a stack that has a ladder on it. This can be answered in a very few words: Walk up the ladder and hook the rigging over the top. But there is this much about it—Watch your step! These ladders after a few years become very rusty and the bolts where connected from the inside are sometimes eaten away by the gas from the coal, and just a little weight on them might cause the handles to give way. So always remember to be very careful when climbing a smokestack that has a ladder connected to it.
About This Book
A practical manual that teaches the trade of steeple-jacking, offering step-by-step methods for rigging, climbing, and repairing tall structures such as smokestacks, towers, standpipes, water tanks, church spires, flagstaffs, and poles. It explains how to enter the trade, emphasizes safety and professional conduct, and details rigging techniques both with and without gimblet wires, reguying, tripping, handling decayed or lined stacks, and installing ladders and self-supporting fittings. A substantial section catalogs knots, hitches, bends and their uses. Practical advice on pricing, workmanship, and time management rounds out the handbook as a tradesman’s guide to maintaining and inspecting lofty structures.