Showing 4 items matching "pearl diving"
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Ballarat Heritage ServicesImage - Black and White, Pearl Luggers, Darwin, c1903, c1903
... pearl diving... Office goldfields pearl luggers pearl diving darwin boat Pearl ...pearl luggers, pearl diving, darwin, boat -
Queenscliffe Maritime MuseumEquipment - Hand operated divers air pump
... engineering, pearl shell diving and other commercial diving work..., civil engineering, pearl shell diving and other commercial ...Standard diving dress (also known as hard-hat or copper hat equipment, or heavy gear) is a type of diving suit that was formerly used for all relatively deep underwater work that required more than breath-hold duration, which included marine salvage, civil engineering, pearl shell diving and other commercial diving work, and similar naval diving applications. Standard diving dress has largely been superseded by lighter and more comfortable equipment. Standard diving dress consists of a diving helmet made from copper and brass or bronze, an air hose from a surface-supplied manually operated PUMP or low pressure breathing air compressor, a waterproofed canvas suit, a diving knife, and weights to counteract buoyancy, generally on the chest, back and shoes. Later models were equipped with a diver's telephone for voice communications with the surface.Hand operated divers air pump for one or two diversdiving, air pump -
Queenscliffe Maritime MuseumClothing - Diving suit
... A Japanese manufactured diving suit used in pearling... in pearling and salvage work. Diving suit Commercial diving Pearling ...The Yokohama Diving Company was established in the early 20th century. Their helmets were initially inspired by the english Siebe Gorman helmets which they manufactured in a smaller size. This also resulted in a smaller volume helmet allowing the divers to use less lead weights when diving. In the early nineteen sixties Yokohama became involved in manufacturing their own helmets but in a different design after american diving equipment manufacturer Robert Kirby had rebuilt several Yokohama helmets into a more practical / modern design. Yokohama is no longer in business.A 1950s era heavy duty diving suit used in pearling and salvage work.A Japanese manufactured diving suit used in pearling and salvage work in the 1950s.Yokohama Diving Appratus Co Ltd. No.760. Made in Japan.diving suit, commercial diving, pearling, salvage -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural CollectionCostume - Divers suit - Siebe Gorman-Davis type 6 suit, SIEBE GORMAN & CO LTD, c. 1950
Port of Portland collection. Dive suit purchased in 1952 by the Portland Harbour Trust for the purposes of constructions and demolitions of timber and steel structures at the Port. |leant to Frank Ziegler, Dive shop.| Exhibited -|Suit worn to the ball at Sea-Bath on 13 September 1997 and wrist torn. The suit was manufactured by British company, Siebe, Gorman and Company Limited which traded until 1998. The Siebe Gorman (diving apparatus) company has traded as: A. Siebe (1819-1870); Siebe & Gorman (1870-1879); Siebe Gorman & Co (1880-1904); Siebe Gorman & Co. Ltd (1905-1998). The company was established as Siebe & Gorman in 1870 at the address of 5 Denmark Street, Soho. Siebe & Gorman traded at this address until 1876 at which time they moved to larger premises at Westminster Bridge Road in Lambeth. In 1881 the company changed the name to Siebe Gorman & Co. In 1905 the company was reformed as Siebe Gorman & Co Limited by the Vickers Family.This diving suit helmet was used during the construction of Portland Harbour. It is also an example of the equipment used by pearl divers in Australian waters before the development of the wet-suit, mask, fins and self contained underwater breathing apparatus (SCUBA).Front: Siebe Gorman-Davis type 6 (on stud). Back: (no inscriptions)port of portland archives, diving, sving suit, port of portland, portland harbour trust, frank ziegler, portland
