- 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...
- 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...
-
Kromfonteinlower (Wilge)
Cofferdam is a
rockfill type dam
located on the
Steenkool Spruit, near Witbank, Mpumalanga,
South Africa. It was established...
-
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;...
- two
cofferdams were constructed. Work on the
upper cofferdam began in
September 1932, even
though the
river had not yet been diverted. The
cofferdams were...
- wall.)
Common uses for
cofferdams include the
construction and
repair of offs**** oil platforms. In such cases, the
cofferdam is
fabricated from sheet...
-
water would begin to be
drained from
inside the
cofferdam.
Since construction of such a large, deep
cofferdam had not been
attempted before, the
Corps said...
-
During construction of the piers,
precast concrete sills were
built in a
cofferdam on the
north side of the
river and
floated out and sunk
between the piers...
- pre-
cofferdam. The
purpose of the pre-
cofferdam is to
channel the
river through diversion tunnels,
ensuring the safe
construction of both the
cofferdam and...
