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Definition of Cofferdams
1. cofferdam [n] - See also: cofferdam
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cofferdams
Literary usage of Cofferdams
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Foundations of Bridges and Buildings by Roland Parker Davis, Henry Sylvester Jacoby (1914)
"65 EARTH cofferdams amount of leakage than to go to the heavy expense of building a
... cofferdams over 50 feet deep have been used in a few instances. ..."
2. Masonry Structures by Frederick Putnam Spalding (1921)
"Types of cofferdams.—A cofferdam is a structure intended to exclude water and soft
... cofferdams can be used only where the soil at the bottom is fairly ..."
3. Masonry Structures by Frederick Putnam Spalding (1921)
"cofferdams 197. Types of cofferdams.—A cofferdam is a structure intended to exclude
... cofferdams can be used only where the soil at the bottom is fairly ..."
4. A Treatise on Rivers and Canals: Relating to the Control and Improvement of by Leveson Francis Vernon-Harcourt (1882)
"Pile-Driving by the injection of Water. cofferdams : Ordinary cofferdams.
Segmental cofferdams. ... in Lake Y. Single-sheeted cofferdams. Closing by Panels. ..."
5. Civil engineering as applied in construction by Leveson Francis Vernon-Harcourt (1910)
"Pile-driving is resorted to, in many cases, for the formation of cofferdams to
exclude water from foundations, and for providing stable foundations on soft ..."
6. Handbook of Rock Excavation, Methods and Cost by Halbert Powers Gillette (1916)
"By cofferdams, Caissons or Diving Bells. These methods consist in ... of the rock
either by building cofferdams or by lowering open caissons and pumping, ..."
7. Works in Iron: Bridge and Roof Structures by Ewing Matheson, Handyside (Andrew) and Company (1877)
"Although stone or brickwork was used in structures which were intended for long
endurance, timber was always an indispensable material for cofferdams, ..."
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