Exactly. Being a lamplighter at the time when cities were illuminated by gas street lamps that needed to be lit, fuelled, and extinguished manually was once a s

Exactly. Being a lamplighter at the time when cities were illuminated by gas street lamps that needed to be lit, fuelled, and extinguished manually was once a stable and respectable career. Wherever cities began transitioning to electric lighting which was far more reliable and brighter the role of the lamplighter became obsolete. They organized protests, strikes, and sabotaged the electrical systems because their livelihood was threatened by a given tech.