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02/07/2008: "RE COMPRESSION CHAMBER ..... "One Man steel coffin""
A hard hat pearl diver of the past, surfacing with suspected bends would be re compressed in this steel chamber. The lid had been removed for safety. In the background is an air compressor that would have been hand-cranked by a couple of workers - for many hours of a working day.
