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Historical directory term
Pavement Light Manufacturers
Trade / industrial business
Blue-collar / skilled or industrial
High manual labour
Rare / obsolete title
What did this occupation involve?
Pavement Light Manufacturers made glazed or prismatic pavement lights that admitted daylight into basements and underground rooms.
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 typeTrade / industrial business
Modern work classBlue-collar / skilled or industrial
Manual labourHigh
Typical work settingWorkshop / manual / mixed
Seen in supplied Sands indexes
1890
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

