Hello everyone and welcome to day three! Today we are going to focus on an inventor that created something extremely useful that is still used today.
In 1878, Inventor J.R. Winters patented the first fire escape ladder, on May 7. He improved the wooden ladder in existence at the time and used a metal frame with parallel steps. The escape ladder was attached to the side of buildings and used to enable people to safely escape from fire or other perils.
Carney Smith, Jessie. Black Firsts: Groundbreaking Events in African American History. New York: Fall River Press, 2009.
His original design is pictured below:
It has evolved into permanent fixtures on the side of buildings:
And now it is even available as a portable item:
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