Residue from underwater water explosion, Gaviota

Residues of the black powder can be seen here on the ocean surface after an underwater water explosion due to blasting by the Hercules Power Company during a scientific voyage to the Gaviota.

• circa 1956

• Stewart, James R. (James Ronald), 1927-2017

This digital image is a surrogate of an item from the James Ronald Stewart Papers, 1945-1996

• Blasting
• Hercules Power Company
• Underwater explosions

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• James Stewart Papers

• UC Regents

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2022-06-27