- 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...
- wall.)
Common uses for
cofferdams include the
construction and
repair of offs**** oil platforms. In such cases, the
cofferdam is
fabricated from sheet...
- A
cofferdam created to
allow for
dewatering of an area...
- 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...
- 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...
-
Kromfonteinlower (Wilge)
Cofferdam is a
rockfill type dam
located on the
Steenkool Spruit, near Witbank, Mpumalanga,
South Africa. It was established...
-
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...
- Upon curing, this
placement allows the 50,180-square-foot (4,662 m2)
cofferdam to be
dewatered approximately 26 feet (7.9 m)
below sea
level to allow...
-
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...
-
water would begin to be
drained from
inside the
cofferdam.
Since construction of such a large, deep
cofferdam had not been
attempted before, the
Corps said...