Sentence examples for the caisson from inspiring English sources
noun
An enclosure, from which water can be expelled, in order to give access to underwater areas for engineering works etc.
It reminded me of 1963: the riderless horse, the caisson.
Piers for bridges are often installed by the caisson method.
Water pressure in the reservoir and buoyancy of the caisson in the flotation chamber hold the caisson in rotational equilibrium.
The caisson would fill with oil from the leak.
An alternative to the bearing pile is the caisson.
The caisson has been returned to fire service as an engine.
The caisson, a sort of giant safe, showcases the paintings through non-reflective security-glass windows.
For the 13-story Stock Exchange Building (1892), the engineer Dankmar Adler employed the caisson foundation used in bridge construction.
When the Mass last week let out, the limousine followed the pallbearers who in turn followed the caisson.
A containment assembly would then be attached to the top of the caisson to send the oil elsewhere.
Photo: Mourners, including Rochelle Cartwright, center, and her son Gene David, waited yesterday in Detroit for a glimpse of the caisson carrying the coffin of Rosa Parks.
