Significados de cofferdam em inglês

The whole was built in a cofferdam, quite dry, and the opening was a holiday.

And the night shift began to repair the cofferdam for old Jezebel had dropped suddenly back into her old trail.

A great cofferdam built near the Elephant's base diverted the river into a concrete flume that ran along the foot of one of the mountains.

A cofferdam, an oil rig-like construction dubbed "Son of Riverdance", was erected to give engineers access to the site without being affected by the tides.

Blocks, Piles, and Cofferdam, had not made a bad thing of the bridge.

Blocks, of the great firm of Blocks, Piles, and Cofferdam, then came forward.

Blocks, Piles, and Cofferdam were buying up every share; either doing that openly-orelse selling on the sly.

To this has to be added $1,134.28, the cost of excavating the cofferdams.

Where would Mr. Nogo be if he did not cultivate the friendship of such men as Blocks, Piles, and Cofferdam?

Construction began in 1932 with the diversion of the Colorado River around the site and the building of two cofferdams to protect against flooding.

They came muttering some wild jargon about "bulwarks," "bulkheads," "cofferdams," "safeguards," "noble charters," "shields," and "paladiums," "great and glorious birthrights," and other unintelligible gibberish.