Divers
Metropolitan Police Divers and the Underwater Recovery Unit:
M.D.C. Underwater Recovery Divers at Magazine Beach, Cambridge, MA. in 196x. (Photo source: Larry Fitzpatrick and Comm. of Ma Archives.)
Diving in the Charles at Magazine Beach in the early 1960's. Not the most pristine waters in Met territory due to the fact that untreated sewage was discharged into the river directly when the Deer Island Sewage plant would back up during rainstorms. (Photo source: Larry Fitzpatrick and Comm of MA Archives)
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M.D.C. Police Diver Thomas Stewart gets ready to dive in Jamaica Pond in Boston, MA in the early 1970's. (Photo courtesy of Thomas Stewart. Used with permission.)
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M.D.C. Police Diver Thomas Stewart in the Mystic River with an automobile that apparently was looking for a short cut between Somerville and Medford. (Photo source: Thomas Stewart Used with permission.)
< Metropolitan Police Underwater Recovery Unit members and M.D.C. Central Services heads pose with the new Unit support truck outside of the Old Colony Central Services Offices in South Boston. The Central Services Division often had unique equipment at its disposal to support the missions of the Underwater Unit. This building was the original Old Colony District Station from 1940-1960. (Photo source: Thomas Stewart. Used with permission.)
Second photo of M.D.C. Police Underwater Recovery Unit members and M.D.C. Central Services staff and the "new" unit truck outside of the M.D.C. Central Services Office, South Boston, MA. Standing (l-r):; Kneeling (l-r): .(Photo courtesy of Tom Stewart. Used with permission.)
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M.D.C. Police Diver Thomas Stewart prepares for a dive with the assistance of the Milton Fire Department during the early 1970's. (Photo courtesy of Thomas Stewart. Used with permission.)