20 Outdated Occupations That Have Bitten the Dust

Stoker

A stoker or fireman was the unlucky individual tasked with tending the fire in the boiler of a steam train, ship or saw mill. The job entailed lots of shoveling coal in horrifically high temperatures, and was not for the faint-hearted.

Mercifully, the introduction of electric locomotives, ships and so on in the 20th century rendered the profession obsolete.

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