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Historical directory term
Hydraulic power company
Business / establishment
Industrial / utility
Variable manual labour
Historical directory wording / modern equivalent may exist
What did this occupation involve?
A company supplying hydraulic power, typically through pressurised water networks used to drive lifts, cranes and industrial machinery.
Historical wording: Housetory describes occupations according to the period and evidence available. Gender is retained where it is historically meaningful to a title or role; otherwise it is not assumed.
How Housetory classifies this entry
These classifications are present-day aids to help readers understand the character of the work. They sit alongside, rather than replace, the historical wording used in Sands and other sources.
Entry typeBusiness / establishment
Modern work classIndustrial / utility
Manual labourVariable
Typical work settingIndustrial infrastructure / office / site
Seen in supplied Sands indexes
1905
Housetory connections
As Sands observations are linked to the canonical Trades & Professions registry, this area can show the people, houses, streets and directory years where this occupation appears in Housetory.
Planned linkage
House → resident → Sands evidence → occupation → other people and places