Jobs that no longer exist today

Re:Jobs that no longer exist today by bishun on Monday January 26, 2015 @01:37PM (#8948678)

Apparently there are still 5 lamplighters on the payroll of British Gas.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/parallels/2015/01/15/377470376/carr...

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Re:Jobs that no longer exist today by civilian on Monday January 26, 2015 @02:01PM (#8948827)

There are also volunteer lamplighters at burning man, but it's not so much of a "job" as it is an "experience". http://burningman.org/event/volunteering/teams/lamplighters/

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Re:Jobs that no longer exist today by ZoFreX on Monday January 26, 2015 @01:49PM (#8948746)

We still have gas lamps in Malvern, I wonder if that's why - or if we still have gas lamps anywhere else?

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Re:Jobs that no longer exist today by Symbiote on Monday January 26, 2015 @02:33PM (#8949031)

Düsseldorf still has many gas lights. I found a map of them, the information is recorded in OpenStreetMap: http://www.itoworld.com/map/69?lon=6.77375&lat=51.22517&zoom...

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Re:Jobs that no longer exist today by mschuster91 on Monday January 26, 2015 @02:24PM (#8948977)

At "Platz der Opfer des Nationalsozialismus" in Munich (DE) we have an eternal flame, powered by gas, to remind of the people who have died during the 3rd Reich.

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Re:Jobs that no longer exist today by danielweber on Monday January 26, 2015 @02:03PM (#8948840)

Any time you are dealing with an open gas line, you want a professional to deal with it.

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Re:Jobs that no longer exist today by stegosaurus on Monday January 26, 2015 @01:55PM (#8948787)

I believe that The Strand in London still has some gas lamps.

Oxford also has some, but they may be faux.

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Re:Jobs that no longer exist today by aardvark179 on Monday January 26, 2015 @04:15PM (#8949614)

There's still one in Cambridge that I know of.

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