- A
cofferdam is an
enclosure built within a body of
water to
allow the
enclosed area to be
pumped out or drained. This
pumping creates a dry
working environment...
- of debate. The ship lay at the
bottom of the
harbor until 1911, when a
cofferdam was
built around it. The hull was
patched up
until the ship was afloat...
- wall.)
Common uses for
cofferdams include the
construction and
repair of offs**** oil platforms. In such cases, the
cofferdam is
fabricated from sheet...
-
cables hang from
towers that are
attached to
caissons or
cofferdams. The
caissons or
cofferdams are
implanted deep into the bed of the lake,
river or sea...
-
descended almost vertically,
probably rotating as it fell.
Empty tanks and
cofferdams imploded as it descended,
tearing open the
structure and
folding back...
- two
cofferdams were constructed. Work on the
upper cofferdam began in
September 1932, even
though the
river had not yet been diverted. The
cofferdams were...
- east
cofferdams. The west
cofferdam was 2,000 ft (610 m) long, 50 ft (15 m)
thick and was
constructed 110 ft (34 m)
above the bedrock. The
cofferdams allowed...
-
American River through a
tunnel and the
construction of a m****ive
earthen cofferdam.
Following a
nearby earthquake and the
discovery of an
unrelated seismic...
- the surface. This
watertight extension is a
cofferdam.
Although they are
temporary structures,
cofferdams have to be
strongly built,
heavily stiffened...
-
Coffer (furniture) or chest, a
lockable box for
storing valuable items Cofferdam, a
temporary enclosure used
during dam
construction Safe, also called...
