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Modern technology has caused for things to change.
Technology has helped for more opportunities to come about and for more
jobs but at the same time, a few people lost their jobs with technology
improving. A few of these jobs might sound crazy but back then they were
needed. I am sure that in years to come some of the jobs we do now might
sound crazy to the future generations and they’ll be laughing at us.
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Pre-Radar Listeners
The Army needed a device that would help them with being able to detect
whenever the enemy might be coming. They created a device that detected
the sound waves that went through the amplified receivers. They called
them ears. Men would operate on these machines and listen out for the
army. Once detected, they would inform their team of the enemy being
nearby. |
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Lamp lighters
How did people survive without electric lamps? They would hire lamp
lighters. Their job was too walk the streets before night time settled
in and they would ignite all of the lights on the streets with flames.
The street lamps were fueled with gas before electric lamps. Imagine how
many must have lost their jobs when electric lamps became popular. |
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Switchboard Operator
A switchboard operator was a very popular job though it was complicated.
Operators had to keep up with lots of things daily. The career was
considered to be extremely important. Some people actually had to
connect each phone call that was made by connecting the wires so people
could have their phone conversation. All of this was done manually.
Today, everything is done this way digitally. Often times women did this
job. |
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Chimney Sweepers
Whenever I think of a chimney sweeper I think of Mary Poppins right
away. The ones who had this job had to clean and inspect all of the
chimney’s. One thing that might interesting to know is that just not
anyone could do it. Often times it had to be either boys or men that
could clean the chimney. The reason why is because the men had to be
thin but at the same time they had to also be strong. Mostly teenagers
or young males could do this job. A lot of people started to get rid of
chimneys when they made their new names and had it to where the options
for cleaning happened to be more mechanized. |
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Log Drivers
Before there was a variety of methods available for transportation log
drivers were popular. They would actually take logs and float on them
and guide them down the rivers to the plants available there for
treatment. The only one who could do this kind of job where strong men.
I am sure that some of the log drivers didn’t mind the transportation
that was available even though it might have effected them job wise.
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Rat Catches
Yes, some people had the job of catching rats. However, mainly men in
Europe were the ones who ended up with this job. This job was extremely
dangerous. Rat catchers might end up coming down with an infection from
a bite of a rat. The good thing about this job was that it did help to
prevent some of the diseases from spreading around to the general
public. In time, the rat population started to die down and diseases for
treatment and prevention came on the scene. Only men that were non-musophobic
could do this type of job. Hopefully his wife or girlfriend didn’t mind
him doing it.
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Coal Stokers
A long time ago ships could not run on their own or had the current
technology it does today. So, how did the ships run without the
technology we have now? Human labor was required. It didn’t matter your
age, if you were a man and needed a job then you might have decided to
take this on. Men worked in the boiler rooms and had to shovel the coal
in the furnaces. This job was a very hard one, dangerous and very
demanding.
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