- 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...
-
Kromfonteinlower (Wilge)
Cofferdam is a
rockfill type dam
located on the
Steenkool Spruit, near Witbank, Mpumalanga,
South Africa. It was established...
- 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...
-
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...
-
sealing the breach.
First a
cofferdam was
built around it in the Susquehanna; then
water was
pumped out from
inside the
cofferdam to
expose the riverbed;...
- east
cofferdams. The west
cofferdam was 2,000 ft (610 m) long, 50 ft (15 m)
thick and was
constructed 110 ft (34 m)
above the bedrock. The
cofferdams allowed...
- A
cofferdam is a
small space left open
between two bulkheads, to give
protection from heat, fire, or collision.
Tankers generally have
cofferdams forward...
- to
Arctic drilling purposes. The
likelihood of
collecting oil with the
cofferdam was uncertain,
chief among potential problems was the risk that methane...
-
descended almost vertically,
probably rotating as it fell.
Empty tanks and
cofferdams imploded as it descended,
tearing open the
structure and
folding back...
