Men operate a machine pumping air into a diver’s suit in Ogdensburg
Will Wood is the diver in the full diving suit, May 6th 1898. He was possibly diving to inspect a loose pontoon of the USS Gresham following an accident that was recorded as delaying the USS Gresham for a number of days. Two blurry men are operating the machine to pump air into Will Wood’s diving suit. Without them he would die. In background is C.C. Buel of the George Hall Shipping Company. Ogdensburg, NY.
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