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Deep Sea Diving Suit


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      Creator(s):
Siebe Gorman & Co. Ltd.

Date: 1940 -

Description: Diving suit with helmet, weights, and ropes. The average diver weighs approximately 127kg (20 stone) when dressed. Divers have worked in the Tamar estuary since the 1880s.

Format: realia
Object: diving suits
Material: canvas;  rubber;  brass;  copper;  leather;  lead

Titles:
Deep Sea Diving Suit

Subjects: diving suits

Institution: George Town and District Historical Society Inc.

Object number: GTH_PS0035

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