Kansas City area fire apparatus

[GA_Dave]

They are not actually Tower ladders, Sutphen and Aerialscope are the only Tower Ladders manufactured. they are actually Ladder Towers.

You left out the design from Reading Techmatic, marketed as the Teleboom by Ward LaFrance and later the Apache by Boardman.

 

What is the difference between Tower-Ladder & Ladder-Tower? 

A Tower Ladder is a telescopic aerial device with a platform at the tip and an escape ladder attached to the booms.  A Ladder Tower is a heavy-duty aerial ladder with a platform at the tip.