Probably one who fished out cinders from coal burning furnaces or boilers. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Acker" <jacker@enter.net> To: <NEWGEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 04, 2000 6:40 PM Subject: [NEWGEN] Occupation : Hi list' : Anyone know what a cinder damper was? : Jim : : : ==== NEWGEN Mailing List ==== : ROOTSWEB..............R.I.P.