Accession Num: 2016.017.9
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Document Date: 1982-02-03 - --
Donors: Ray Nicholls
Creators: Ray Nicholls
Keywords: 1980s, Homis equipment sinking (1982), loader, marine salvage, and Upper Arrow Lake
Locations: Galena Bay
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1 digital image (2962 x 2086 pixels)
Notes:
Caterpillar 966C loader being pulled from the bottom of Galena Bay during a deepwater salvage operation, Upper Arrow Lake, 13 February 1982. Three loaders belonging to Ed Homis of Nakusp had fallen from a barge into the middle of Upper Arrow Lake more than 200 metres below the surface. The machines had to be dragged slowly along the bottom of the lake by a barge to counteract the massive suction at that water level