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This site has an interesting detail:

> The largest ladder made by the artisans is 50 feet, weighs 350 pounds and takes six firefighters to lift.

I live near a fire station in SF, and see them practicing raising a huge 20+ foot ladder monthly out front of the station. They're pretty impressive ladders, and it looks like it takes quite a lot of coordination to raise them up.

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