8. Street Lamp-Lighters
Before widespread electrification, lamplighters lit and maintained street lights fueled by gas or oil. The electric streetlamp eliminated these jobs by the mid-20th century, remaining only in certain ceremonial settings. For example, in Bratenahl, Ohio, Colonel Aaron Williams served as the lamplighter from 1898 to 1922, lighting gas street lamps at dusk and extinguishing them at dawn (bratenahlhistorical.org).
