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Fred Dibnah laddering a chimney (Part 1)
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Fred Dibnah, the English steeplejack, shows how ladders are fixed up the outside of a tall brick mill chimney. The footage was filmed in the mid-1990s and is part one of two.
People point to it as a vivid explanation of how industrial chimneys were climbed for inspection and repair.
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