caisson

The caissons were full of water, and so balanced each other.

Some caissons had to be left behind during the retreat.

The caisson has been returned to fire service as an engine.

If the workers were suffering some form of caisson disease, why ask me to make the house call?

The caisson was also even struck by a ship in 1986.

Construction of the first caisson started in 1947 after the "wet season".

At the best of times caisson work, or its equivalent, is only for fit young men.

The pressure of air forced into the caisson keeps the water out.

Like the mouth of a well, the caisson projected from the Sea.

In that year the existing caisson light was first illuminated.

After an hour I could see the caisson and the horse about a hundred yards away.

"Actually, I believe that caisson disease is the one thing we can safely rule out."

It's true that I assumed, early on, it was caisson disease.

This was initially done by the use of Caisson locks.

Two caissons were sunk into the river bed below the stage.

Each caisson is basically a box with one open side facing into the pool.

Crane had found this out the hard way, with his original theory of caisson disease.

There was one caisson for each artillery piece in a battery.

All the material inside the walls of the caisson had to be removed to the surface.

The caisson survived without damage, and the light was first shown on April 24, 1905.

Construction began in 1926 as 16 caissons each went down 200 to 250 feet (60 to 75 m) to support the weight of the building.

Letting air into all six caissons at once produces a big roller.

Work was evidently continuing on the rock faces around and behind the caisson.

A new wider caisson was later added around the original one for additional protection.

The caisson at the top was jacked against the back wall in a similar manner.