What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: John Deane 1800-1884 co-inventor of diving apparatus and the diving helmet lived here 1848-1854 Recorded plaque organisation: Canterbury City Council.
John Deane, along with his brother Charles, invented significant diving equipment including the first effective diving dress in the 1830s, revolutionizing underwater work and salvage operations.
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