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The Lamplighters were people
employed to light and maintain street lights. Streetlights were lit each
evening, generally by means of a wick on a long pole. At dawn, they
would return to put lights out using a small hook on the end of the pole.
Another duty was to carry a ladder and renew the candles, oil, or gas
mantles. In some communities, lamplighters served in a role akin to
a town watchman. Unofficially, the Lamplighter spread neighborhood news/gossip from block to block. |
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