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  • When all was stable the lisa a lifted the caisson off the barge allowing it to return to its berth.
  • It sits on location at the end of an unfinished line of precast concrete caissons, 500 m out into the english channel.
  • Caisson units are also produced in sizes up to 4 meter diameter.
  • Construction of the foundations required the sinking of eight 25m deep 9.9m diameter caissons.
  • The boat then glides effortlessly into one of the water filled caissons where the doors close to form a watertight seal.
  • View down at the trip boat in the other caisson.
  • Recently, this work has focussed on a novel foundation called a " suction caisson " .
  • These are called suction caissons and have been used for a number of projects in the oil and gas industry.
  • The barrage will be made from a series of huge caissons ( concrete blocks that are common in underwater construction ).
  • Approaching the lift narrowboat crossing the aqueduct and heading for the left hand caisson.
  • Caissons sunk as break waters and prefabricated metal piers and roadways.
  • Inside the lift the edwin clark trip boat has just entered the lower caisson.
  • Inside the lift the edwin clark trip boat has just entered the lower caisson.
  • The right caisson is almost at the top now.
  • At chepstow the piers were large cast iron cylinders which themselves formed the caissons, the air locks being fitted on top of them.

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