Pull the hook on the end of a tape measure and it moves. Push it and it moves back. The rivets that hold it on sit in slots rather than…
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In 1955 a canal lock was worked by a man who lived in the cottage beside it, because the job required somebody to be there at any hour…
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In 1960 a large works, mill or warehouse was protected overnight by one man walking a fixed round, carrying a clockwork drum on a strap that recorded the…
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In 1960 almost every house had a piano, and keeping them playable was done by one man with a bag of tools who worked entirely by ear.
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In 1960 a glassworks ran a furnace that had not been out for years, worked molten material at over a thousand degrees within a few feet of men…
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In 1960 a sawmill ran a six-foot blade with nothing over the cutting zone, moved logs by hand with peaveys on a deck where a shifting log had…