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Image of Diving support vessel and equipment, Seattle, January 29, 1924
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Diving support vessel and equipment, Seattle, January 29, 1924

In January 1924, divers from the Seattle firm Henry Finch & Son were called in to repair a broken six-inch water main running beneath the Duwamish Waterway. This image, from an album of photographs taken for the Finches, shows the firm’s support vessel and other equipment in the Duwamish Waterway at Front Street. Handwritten underneath image: Diver repairing broken 6”…
ID Number:SHS18659
Date:1924
Image of Diver holding a water main joint, Seattle, January 29, 1924
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Diver holding a water main joint, Seattle, January 29, 1924

In January 1924, divers from the Seattle firm Henry Finch & Son were called in to repair a broken six-inch water main running beneath the Duwamish Waterway. This image, from an album of photographs taken for the Finches, shows an unidentified diver on board the firm’s support vessel. He is wearing his helmet and holding a broken flexible joint from…
ID Number:SHS18660
Date:1924
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