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cofferdam
The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
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2009
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cof·fer·dam
/ ˈkôfərˌdam; ˈkäfərˌdam/
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a watertight enclosure pumped dry to permit construction work below the waterline, as when building bridges or repairing a ship.
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Writethru-China Focus: cofferdam dismantling won't trigger severe geological disaster
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency; 6/6/2006; 700+ words
; Writethru-China Focus: cofferdam dismantling won't trigger severe...Xinhua) -- To blow up the massive cofferdam of the Three Gorges Project won...developer. "Blasting away the concrete cofferdam and the Three Gorges Reservoir...
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China to demolish temporary cofferdam at Three Gorges.
News Wire article from: PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.; 5/3/2006; 489 words
; China to demolish temporary cofferdam at Three Gorges Beijing, May 3 (PTI) China will demolish the temporary cofferdam at the site of the Three Gorges power...mighty Yangtze River. The temporary cofferdam at the site of the third-stage of...
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6th Ld: Underwater demolition removes Three Gorges Project's last cofferdam
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency; 6/6/2006; 700+ words
; ...removes Three Gorges Project's last cofferdam THREE GORGES DAM SITE, Hubei Province...Xinhua) -- Demolition of the last cofferdam protecting the just-completed main...the upper-30-meter section of the cofferdam to tumble into the river. Li Yong...
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5th Ld: Underwater demolition removes Three Gorges Project's last cofferdam
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency; 6/6/2006; 656 words
; ...removes Three Gorges Project's last cofferdam THREE GORGES DAM SITE, Hubei Province...Xinhua) -- Demolition of the last cofferdam protecting the just-completed main...the upper-30-meter section of the cofferdam to tumble into the river. Li Yong...
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Writethru-China Focus: Underwater demolition removes Three Gorges Project's last cofferdam
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency; 6/6/2006; 700+ words
; ...removes Three Gorges Project's last cofferdam THREE GORGES DAM SITE, Hubei Province...Xinhua) -- Demolition of the last cofferdam protecting the just-completed main...the upper-30-meter section of the cofferdam to tumble into the river. Li Yong...
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Update-3: cofferdam dismantling won't trigger severe geological disaster
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency; 6/6/2006; 542 words
; Update-3: cofferdam dismantling won't trigger severe geological...Xinhua) -- To blow up the massive cofferdam of the Three Gorges Project won't...developer. "Blasting away the concrete cofferdam and the Three Gorges Reservoir's water...
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Update-4: Cofferdam dismantling won't trigger severe geological disaster
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency; 6/6/2006; 655 words
; Update-4: Cofferdam dismantling won't trigger severe geological...Xinhua) -- To blow up the massive cofferdam of the Three Gorges Project won't...developer. "Blasting away the concrete cofferdam and the Three Gorges Reservoir's water...
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Update-5: cofferdam dismantling won't trigger severe geological disaster
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency; 6/6/2006; 700+ words
; Update-5: cofferdam dismantling won't trigger severe geological...Xinhua) -- To blow up the massive cofferdam of the Three Gorges Project won't...developer. "Blasting away the concrete cofferdam and the Three Gorges Reservoir's water...
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UNDERWATER DEMOLITION REMOVES THREE GORGES PJT'S LAST COFFERDAM.
News Wire article from: AsiaPulse News; 6/7/2006; 700+ words
; ...7 Asia Pulse - Demolition of the last cofferdam protecting the just-completed main...the upper-30-metre section of the cofferdam to tumble into the river. Li Yong...Project Development Corp., said the cofferdam demolition was "the toughest blast in...
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4th Ld: Underwater demolition removes Three Gorges Project's last cofferdam
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency; 6/6/2006; 562 words
; ...removes Three Gorges Project's last cofferdam THREE GORGES DAM SITE, Hubei Province...Xinhua) -- Demolition of the last cofferdam protecting the just-completed main...the upper-30-meter section of the cofferdam to tumble into the river. Li Yong...
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cofferdam
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
cofferdam temporary barrier for excluding...sheet piling (see pile ), cofferdams are used in constructing...caisson is preferred to the cofferdam. Bibliography: See L. White and E. A. Prentis, Cofferdams (2d ed. 1956).
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Dry Docks
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...open masonry basins erected below water level by means of cofferdams and fitted with watertight gates whose closure, upon entrance...opened in 1851, boasted the world's first all-metal cofferdam, with a sixty-eight-foot entrance and a maximum depth...
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Hoover Dam
Book article from: Water:Science and Issues
...to remove rock, and enormous support structures to maintain the passageways. Once the first two tunnels where in place, cofferdams were built to divert the Colorado River. This accomplishment signaled that the actual dam construction could begin. Base...
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Maine, Sinking of the
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...declared war on Spain in April 1898. The wreck remained in Havana harbor until 1911, when U.S. Army engineers built a cofferdam about the wreck, sealed the aft hull of the ship (the only part still intact), and floated it out to sea. There, on...
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Turnbull, William
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military
...challenging assignment to build a canal aqueduct across the Potomac River near Georgetown, District of Columbia. Using innovative cofferdams and pumps, he completed the project in 1843 and gained an international reputation. During the Mexican War (1846–...
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