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What a fantastic picture. Look at those faces ! The Royal engineers divers and crew in Chatham England 1904. With this double acting pump 2 divers could be supplied with air. The divers are, of course, using 3-light Siebe Gorman helmets. The left diver the approved 6-bolt type and the right one the (older) 12-bolt type. Official Royal Navy Photo. |
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William
Walker is probably the most famous hardhat diver in the world. He is known
as the man who saved Winchester Cathedral. In 1079 the foundations of the cathedral
were placed on a layer of peat without knowing it. Over the
years it turned out that the cathedral was sinking. Soon the layer of peat
was discovered. The only way to save the cathedral was to remove the
complete layer of peat and replace it with concrete. The space below the
cathedral was 3.5 meters high and filled with turbid ground water. A diver had to
do this job. William Walker was a diver at the Siebe Gorman
company. He
spent his days below the cathedral from 1906 till 1912. Thanks to him
Winchester Cathedral is still standing there. If you ever visit it you
will see a statue to honor Walkers efforts. |
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British
salvage divers in the 1930s at Scapa Flow in the Orkneys. |
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23rd July 1933- England's
first woman salvage diver at Folkestone Pier , Kent. Standing behind her
is her Father who taught her to dive with the help of The Liverpool
Salvage Association . Her pay was between £1.00 and £2.00 per day. |
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Diver at Waterloo Bridge,
London - A diver returns from his descent in the murky water of the
Thames to make his damage report following a collision with the piers by
a lighter earlier this morning. Courtesy DH |
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HMS Warspite, The ship's diver
with his tenders 1940. Courtesy DH |
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Siebe Gorman in
action |
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| Cyril Brooks Diver 1950 Deal Beach , Kent . Diver Brooks returns up the beach after recovering pieces of Deal Pier. The pier had been blown up in the War to prevent invasion troops. Photo Courtesy Trinity Marine. |
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