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"During the 1960s they began to be superseded by silicon rectifiers, which exhibited lower forward voltage drop, lower cost, and higher reliability.[6] They are still manufactured for exact replacement purposes, but are not designed into new equipment."

I wonder what kind of equipement is still running 50 years later. Subways and power plants maybe ?

Maybe audio gear. There's people who really love the tube-era stuff.