Barrel puller

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The historical profession of barrel puller was practiced along the Danube and its tributaries. Barrel pullers pulled or loaded the loaded barrels delivered onto the ships. This is what the Aschach order of 1512 speaks : to draw wine or pier and different . In addition, scythes, sickles, leather, whetstones, etc. were packed. In Vienna a street name evokes this trade.

literature

  • Rudi Palla: The lexicon of the lost professions . Eichborn, Frankfurt am Main 1994, ISBN 3-8289-4152-4 .