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cofferdam

[ UK /kˈɒfədˌæm/ ]
NOUN
  1. large watertight chamber used for construction under water

How To Use cofferdam In A Sentence

  • Its diversion tunnel is accompanied by upstream and downstream cofferdams that permit construction of the main dam.
  • The 1,050 mm diameter outfall on the west side of the airfield required a temporary cofferdam during its construction.
  • The construction scheme employed on the bridge consisted of cofferdams for the drilled shaft foundations, and climbing forms for the tower construction.
  • Right outside my window is the cofferdam they're building so they can repair it.
  • The caisson has been constructed inside a ‘cofferdam’ - a box-like structure built of pilings and a concrete floor.
  • Floatable arch cofferdam is presented to offer dry environment and keep the main function of a reservoir when the dam is strengthening and repairing.
  • The cofferdam of this Company consists of an inner and an outer cribwork, with a puddle space between; the outer cribwork is ten feet wide, the inner eight feet, and the puddle space eight feet. Niagara's Power: Past, Present, Prospective
  • However, in a few localities, an inverse process has been observed, such as in Caño Mánamo (Delta Amacuro), where mangroves have expanded at a rate of 6 - 7 ha/year since 1965, when a cofferdam was built, leading to the salinization of the formerly limnetic waters. Coastal Venezuelan mangroves
  • When the cofferdams were finished, the engineers turned to the next task-stripping the canyon abutments to expose fresh clean solid rock.
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