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Meaning of "caisson"
A caisson is a watertight retaining structure used in construction, especially for building bridges or dams
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- An enclosure from which water can be expelled, in order to give access to underwater areas for engineering works etc.
- The gate across the entrance to a dry dock.
- A floating tank that can be submerged, attached to an underwater object and then pumped out to lift the object by buoyancy; a camel.
- A two-wheeled, horse-drawn military vehicle used to carry ammunition (and a coffin at funerals).
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Otherwise it will be caisson disease for you.
The caisson is a general name for a coffer.
Manoeuvring of a ship caisson by raising and sinking.
The caisson as a whole can be made of concrete.
The space below the caisson is empty.
Supply and installation of prefabricated concrete caisson.
Otherwise it will be caisson disease foryou.
Beginning of the deployment of the lower caisson.
The steel caisson has been filled with sand.
The saisonnier during the construction of a caisson.
So a pneumatic caisson technique had to be used.
Caisson piles of welded steel sheeting.
An underwater tunnel with caisson construction.
Each caisson is fitted with a polarised iron band.
Some engineers call it caisson disease.
See also
Open caisson with timber shell.
They are thereto provided with caisson doors.
The caisson may rest on piles.
Align rear holes on the caisson to those of the joints.
Caisson as soon as their symptoms appeared.
In that year the existing caisson light was first illuminated.
The caisson can be viewed as a double.
At the end of the fourth caisson is the museum shop.
A caisson is a form of lock gate.
The black covered caisson her horses had drawn.
Caisson sunk by compressed air.
Getting the caisson aligned.
Each caisson is subdivided into a number of cells by vertical walls.
Due to the exposed location a pneumatic caisson base was used.
It comprises a caisson positioned at a given depth in a marine environment.
The lower structure has an open caisson well foundation.
An open caisson may fill with water during sinking.
The large diameter caisson.
The width of the caisson is very dependent on soil characteristics.
Top deck of the caisson.
The complete caisson structure is made up of similar can sections.
Cutting edge of the caisson.
Caisson gates could be used if necessary to seal the entire complex.
Access shaft of the caisson.
The small caissons are on both sides of the big caisson.
Compressed air floating caisson.
Manoeuvring of a caisson by pivoting.
When decompression circuit passes through the fuselage of a caisson.
Aerial view during extracting a caisson from the caissonnier.
Controllable means for decontaminating the inside of said caisson.
Floating caisson sunk.
Pivoting of the upper caisson.
Open caisson foundation.
Immediately placed wing caisson.
This caisson has a cylindrical tank in which an oscillating plate moves.
