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Apparently there are still 5 lamplighters on the payroll of British Gas. http://www.npr.org/blogs/parallels/2015/01/15/377470376/carrying-the-torch-for-london
by bishun 12y ago
Apparently there are still 5 lamplighters on the payroll of British Gas.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/parallels/2015/01/15/377470376/carrying-the-torch-for-londons-last-gas-lamps http://www.npr.org/blogs/parallels/2015/01/15/377470376/carr...
- ZoFreX 12y agoWe still have gas lamps in Malvern, I wonder if that's why - or if we still have gas lamps anywhere else?
- mschuster91 12y agoAt "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.
- Symbiote 12y agoDüsseldorf 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=12 http://www.itoworld.com/map/69?lon=6.77375&lat=51.22517&zoom...
- stegosaurus 12y agoI believe that The Strand in London still has some gas lamps. Oxford also has some, but they may be faux.
- aardvark179 12y agoThere's still one in Cambridge that I know of.
- civilian 12y agoThere 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/ http://burningman.org/event/volunteering/teams/lamplighters/
- danielweber 12y agoAny time you are dealing with an open gas line, you want a professional to deal with it.