Crossword-Solution: COFFERDAM
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Cofferdam | n. | A water-tight inclosure, as of piles packed with clay, from which the water is pumped to expose the bottom (of a river, etc.) and permit the laying of foundations, building of piers, etc. |
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| Clue | Answers |
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| Underwater area pumped dry to allow for construction | 1 answer |
| Watertight compartment | 1 answer |
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Sentences with COFFERDAM (5)
But then the firm of Blocks, Piles, and Cofferdam, who held a vast quantity of the bridge shares, and who were to be the contractors for building it, had an all-powerful influence in the borough of Limehouse.
Blocks, Piles, and Cofferdam were buying up every share; either doing that openly--or else selling on the sly.
When the piers of a bridge, or other structure, had to be placed in a deep stream, the old method was to drive a double row of piles round the place and fill them in with clay, forming what is called a cofferdam.
Here the caissons are laid end to end with each other, along the whole curve of the wall, and the masonry is built on the top of them within a floating cofferdam of very ingenious construction.
Then, in the place previously determined, a cofferdam, with its sides formed of oaken stakes with ties between them, is to be driven down into the water and firmly propped there; then, the lower surface inside, under the water, must be levelled off and dredged, working from beams laid across; and finally, concrete from the mortar trough--the stuff having been mixed as prescribed above--must be heaped up until the empty space which was within the cofferdam is filled up by the wall.