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Steel Wire Rope Makers

Trade Blue-collar / skilled or industrial High manual labour Still recognisable or modern equivalent exists
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What did this occupation involve?

Steel Wire Rope Makers made steel wire rope for sale or for use by other trades and businesses. The materials, tools and methods varied according to the product and period.

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
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

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