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noun
An enclosure, from which water can be expelled, in order to give access to underwater areas for engineering works etc.
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2000-00086 (awarded to Caisson); U.S. Dep. of Com., NIST, ATP cooperative agreement no.
70NANB4H3039 (awarded to Caisson); and the Utah Agricultural Experiment Station, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322-4845 (asproved as journal paper no. 8227).
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Care is taken to design caissons able to withstand the thrust of the retained material, which is carefully selected for the areas immediately behind the quay wall.
He was the first to suggest the provision of a mixture of helium and oxygen for workers in caissons and tunnel borings to prevent caisson disease (bends).
Protection structures for FPSO (Floating Production Storage and Offloading) caissons should be sufficiently strong so as not to contact caisson pipes even when the protection structure is damaged by an impact by attendant vessels.
Six dappled gray horses stand in harness, linked to a caisson bearing a gleaming casket.
A December 2014 New York Post article attributed the delay to Hudson Yards' developer, The Related Companies', need to dig caissons for the foundations, just above the subway station, and the foundation work needed to be complete before the MTA could proceed with opening the station.
A containment assembly would then be attached to the top of the caisson to send the oil elsewhere.
(Cotter) ★ Charlotte Dumas: 'Anima' (through March 9) The sitters for this beautiful show of portraits are Army horses used to pull caissons in military funerals at Arlington National Cemetery.
Local re-enactor groups stand ready to rent caissons, uniformed honor guards and spitting-image graveside impersonators of Lee, Jackson and other war heroes, Mr. Barreiro said.
"The roadways and paths are strewn with every conceivable kind of Army material, from muskets and accoutrements to cannon, caissons, supply wagons, lumber, pontoon boots and planks, dead horses and mules," one man recalled.
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