A Dictionary of Occupational Terms Based on the Classification of Occupations used in the Census of Population, 1921.
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ORDER VII.—METAL WORKERS (NOT ELECTRO PLATE OR PRECIOUS METALS)

Sub-order 2.—Furnacemen (not Foundry) and Puddlers

173.—Pulpitmen


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pulpit man
(i) regulates blast in Bessemer converter from a "pulpit" (elevated platform opposite converter) by means of valves controlled by levers, under direction of blower (170) q.v.;
(ii) works levers controlling turning or tilting of vessel or of converter; obsolescent term, duties now usually assumed by blower (170) q.v.

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From: A Dictionary of Occupational Terms Based on the Classification of Occupations used in the Census of Population, 1921,
Ministry of Labour, 1927. Digitised by Peter Christian, August, 2016.   This text is in the Public Domain.