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Diver with underwater house off the coast of Malta

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Diver with underwater house off the coast of Malta

During a violent storm, the Underwater House had to be deliberatedly sunk. Here, a diver removes the saturated life-support container from the tangled wreckage. The inflatable house was anchored to the seabed, some 50 feet deep, in Paradise Bay, off the coast of Malta. It was equipped with lighting, telephone and immersion heaters with which the inhabitants could make hot drinks. It was constructed by teams of engineers and diving enthusiasts from Imperial College of Science and Technology and Enfield College of Technology. It was 9ft long and 6ft wide, constructed from rubberised material on a steel frame, and weighed around 500 lb. The team leader was David Baume who hoped it would be the first of a series of low cost underwater living spaces from which scientists could explore the seas. David and some other team members were able to spend a night 30 feet below the surface. The following day a severe storm caused the house to collapse. Date: 1969

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© Mary Evans Picture Library/DAVID LEWIS HODGSON

1969 Anchored Container Diver Divers Diving Inflatable Lift Lifting Malta Operations Paradise Remove Removing Seabed Storm Sunk Support Tangled Underwater Violent Wreckage


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