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Eamybeg, Buck, Penrod, Waterboy, and Bellgriffin were the last in their batch to lose their jobs to a big technology transition 103 years ago. According to a blog on Microsoft.com, on December 20, 1922, a sleek motorised engine formally replaced the horse-drawn one, creating an emotional moment for the station crew at New York’s Brooklyn Heights who could do nothing for their equine co-labourers. As horses vanished from a variety of other professions, so did the numerous jobs that relied on the horse economy.