Jacob's Ladder leading to Munden's Battery, Jamestown, Saint Helena, c1890. Jacob's Ladder is a long Inclined Plane, constructed in 1829 to connect Jamestown to the garrison on Ladder Hill. It was used to haul ammunition. An engraving from Robert Brown's The Countries of the World, published by Cassell, (London & Paris, c1890).
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