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Rigid structure to provide workers with a dry working environment below water level
In geotechnical engineering, a caisson (/ˈkeɪsən, -sɒn/; borrowed from French caisson 'box', from Italian cassone 'large box', an augmentative of cassa)
Caisson_(engineering)
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up Caisson or caisson in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Caisson (French for "box") may refer to: Caisson (engineering), a sealed underwater structure
Caisson
Topics referred to by the same term
Caisson foundation may refer to: Caisson (engineering) Deep foundation, also called a caisson foundation This disambiguation page lists articles associated
Caisson_foundation
Disorder caused by dissolved gases forming bubbles in tissues
sickness (DCS; also called divers' disease, the bends, aerobullosis, and caisson disease) is a medical condition caused by dissolved gases emerging from
Decompression_sickness
Two-wheeled cart for carrying ammunition, or supporting the trail of an artillery piece
trail of an artillery piece, or the stock of a field carriage such as a caisson or traveling forge, allowing it to be towed. The trail is the hinder end
Limbers_and_caissons
Open bottomed tube anchor embedded and released by pressure differential
Suction caissons (also referred to as suction anchors, suction piles or suction buckets) are a form of fixed platform anchor in the form of an open bottomed
Suction_caisson
Architectural feature
The caisson (Chinese: 藻井; pinyin: zǎojǐng; lit. 'water plant well'), also referred to as a caisson ceiling, or spider web ceiling, in Chinese architecture
Caisson_(Asian_architecture)
Form of lock gate consisting of a large floating iron or steel box
A caisson is a form of lock gate. It consists of a large floating iron or steel box. This can be flooded to seat the caisson in the opening of the dock
Caisson_(lock_gate)
Rotating boat lift in Scotland
by the door on the caisson side, allowing the boat to pass. On the reverse direction, when the boat is in the caisson, the caisson door is raised, followed
Falkirk_Wheel
Man-made coastal barriers against tides
The use of caissons or sluice caissons is common, though other unique methods, such as sandbags or ships, have also been employed. Caissons were initially
Closure_of_tidal_inlets
Type of foundation
pole), the pier (which is analogous to a column), drilled shafts, and caissons. Piles are generally driven into the ground in situ; other deep foundations
Piling
Type of canal lock
The caisson lock is a type of canal lock in which a narrowboat is floated into a sealed watertight box and raised or lowered between two different canal
Caisson_lock
Device for raising and lowering boats or ships
can be varied. In a caisson lock, a boat lift, or on a canal inclined plane, it is the chamber itself (usually then called a caisson) that rises and falls
Lock_(water_navigation)
Series of sunken panels in a ceiling or vault
panels was often used as decoration for a ceiling or a vault, also called caissons ("boxes"), or lacunaria ("spaces, openings"), so that a coffered ceiling
Coffer
British Second World War portable temporary harbours
for many huge caissons of various sorts to build breakwaters and piers and connecting structures to provide the roadways. The caissons were built at a
Mulberry_harbours
Lighthouse whose superstructure rests on a concrete or metal caisson
metal caisson. Caisson lighthouses were developed in the late nineteenth century as a cheaper alternative to screwpile lighthouses. The caisson design
Caisson_lighthouse
Commune in Occitania, France
Saint-Paulet-de-Caisson (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ polɛ də kɛsɔ̃]; Occitan: Sent Paulet de Caisson) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France
Saint-Paulet-de-Caisson
Two caisson lift lock near Anderton, Cheshire, England
The Anderton Boat Lift is a two-caisson lift lock near the village of Anderton, Cheshire, in North West England. It provides a 50-foot (15.2 m) vertical
Anderton_Boat_Lift
Hyperbaric pressure vessel for human occupancy used in diving operations
ISBN 9781483163192. "Caisson Gauges". www.perma-cal.com. Retrieved 14 January 2025. "Divex caisson gauge". www.jfdglobal.com/. Retrieved 14 January 2025. "Caisson gauges"
Diving_chamber
Museum in Ouwerkerk, the Netherlands
dike south of the village of Ouwerkerk. It is uniquely housed in the four caissons used to close the last gap in the dike following the flood. After the 40-year
Watersnoodmuseum
United States Army combat formation
Army Caisson Platoon, which provides horses and riders to pull the caisson (the wagon that bears a casket) in military and state funerals. The Caisson Platoon
3rd Infantry Regiment (United States)
3rd_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States)
Railway bridge over the Firth of Forth in Scotland
timbers inside the caisson to reinforce it, and it was ten months before the caisson could be pumped out and dug free. The caisson was refloated on 19
Forth_Bridge
Award
the nine-week Basic Horsemanship Course and serve as a lead rider on the Caisson team within the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard). The badge was
Military Horseman Identification Badge
Military_Horseman_Identification_Badge
Boat lift
The lock has two identical bathtub-like ship caissons in which vessels ascend and descend. Both caissons are enclosed at each end by pivoting gates, and
Peterborough_Lift_Lock
Coastal defense structure
absorb the energy of the waves that hit it, either by using mass (e.g. with caissons), or by using a revetment slope (e.g. with rock or concrete armour units)
Breakwater_(structure)
Bridge in New York City
caissons made of southern yellow pine and filled with cement. Inside both caissons were spaces for construction workers. The Manhattan side's caisson
Brooklyn_Bridge
Inclined canal in Wallonia, Belgium
through 67.73 metres (222.2 ft). It consists of two large caissons mounted on rails. Each caisson measures 91 metres (299 ft) long by 12 metres (39 ft) wide
Ronquières_inclined_plane
United States general (1879–1941)
Regimental song, titled "The Caissons Go Rolling Along", also known as "The Caisson Song." "Caisson" is a reference to limbers and caissons—carts for transporting
Edmund_L._Gruber
Lock flight in Somerset, England
immediate area by two other methods of canal lifts—first by a series of caisson locks, then by an inclined plane. The lock flight opened in 1805, and was
Combe_Hay_Locks
French island in the Mediterranean
Île du Levant (pronounced [il dy ləvɑ̃]), sometimes referred to as Le Levant, is a French island in the Mediterranean off the coast of the Riviera, near
Levant_Island
President of the United States from 1961 to 1963
repose for 24 hours. The coffin was then transported on a horse-drawn caisson to the Capitol to lie in state. Throughout the day and night, hundreds
John_F._Kennedy
Horse featured in funeral processions
funeral procession. The horse, sometimes caparisoned in black, follows the caisson carrying the casket. A riderless horse can also be featured in parades
Riderless_horse
Arctic offshore drilling unit
Single steel drilling caisson is a drill barge that was built for year-round oil exploration in shallow ice-covered waters in the Beaufort Sea. The unit
Single_steel_drilling_caisson
Pier in Manhattan, New York
building. The pier is underpinned by three submerged, buoyant concrete caissons, which contain the building's basement. The first and second stories contain
Pier_57
in a fire while working in the caissons and in 1872 became virtually incapacitated by the long term effect of "caisson disease", aka "the bends". He completed
Brooklyn Bridge architectural drawings
Brooklyn_Bridge_architectural_drawings
Historic dry dock in Willemsoord, Den Helder, Netherlands
anymore. The old ship caisson was then stored in the dock, and a new ship caisson that fit the deformed lock was made. This new caisson had the serious disadvantage
Willemsoord_Dry_Dock_I
Belarusian-born writer, humorist and Zionist (1889-1946)
the Palestine Illustrated News, often under pseudonyms (most notably "Caisson"). His most successful article, which he wrote for the Illustrated News
Edward_Sperling
Canal in Somerset, England
differences between the upper and lower reaches: initially by the use of caisson locks; when this method failed an inclined plane trackway; and finally
Somerset_Coal_Canal
Machine to move boats vertically between waterways
Dresden. It lifted boats 7 m (23 ft) using a moveable hoist rather than caissons. The lift operated between 1789 and 1868, and for a period of time after
Boat_lift
Bridge between Illinois and Missouri, U.S.
using pneumatic caissons, a pioneering application of caisson technology in the United States and, at the time, by far the largest caissons ever built. Its
Eads_Bridge
Use of knowledge for practical goals
Irrigation Arch Bridge Building Fortification Foundation Scaffolding Tower Dam Caisson Stonemasonry Road Tunnel Transport Aircraft Aerostat Airplane Seaplane
Technology
2004 funeral of the 40th U.S. president
limousines. Military units escorted the caisson as it made its way to the sounds of muffled drums. Behind the caisson was a riderless horse named Sergeant
Death and state funeral of Ronald Reagan
Death_and_state_funeral_of_Ronald_Reagan
Type of offshore platform used for the extraction of petroleum or gas
long-term use. Various types of structure are used, steel jacket, concrete caisson, floating steel and even floating concrete. Steel jackets are vertical
Fixed_platform
French writer and dramatist (1802–1870)
televised: the new coffin was draped in a blue velvet cloth and carried on a caisson flanked by four mounted Republican Guards costumed as the four Musketeers
Alexandre_Dumas
1963 funeral of the 35th U.S. president
for 24 hours. Then, his flag-draped coffin was carried on a horse-drawn caisson to the Capitol to lie in state. Throughout the day and night, hundreds
State funeral of John F. Kennedy
State_funeral_of_John_F._Kennedy
American engineer (1843–1903)
of the Brooklyn Bridge after her husband Washington Roebling developed caisson disease (a.k.a. decompression sickness) and became bedridden. She served
Emily_Warren_Roebling
British statesman and admiral (1900–1979)
pipeline to Normandy; an artificial Mulberry harbour built from concrete caissons and sunken ships; and the development of tank-landing ships. Mountbatten
Lord_Mountbatten
Tower in Paris, France
complicated: each slab needed two piles installed by using compressed-air caissons 15 m (49 ft) long and 6 m (20 ft) in diameter driven to a depth of 22 m
Eiffel_Tower
Canal inclined plane in Moselle, France
enters the caisson drives back towards the canal a quantity of water equivalent to the mass of the barge. Thus the weight of the caisson stays the same
Saint-Louis-Arzviller inclined plane
Saint-Louis-Arzviller_inclined_plane
Hydraulic engineering structures in the Netherlands
at the southern channel was achieved using a system of caissons, with a number of the caissons that had been used for the emergency closures immediately
Grevelingendam
Suspension bridge in New York City
manufactured his caissons at a shipyard there. Caisson workers toiled in three eight-hour shifts of 30 to 50 men each. After the caissons were complete,
Williamsburg_Bridge
the horse. The caisson was a two-wheeled carriage. It carried two ammunition chests and a spare wheel. A fully loaded limber and caisson combination weighed
Field artillery in the American Civil War
Field_artillery_in_the_American_Civil_War
Lighthouse
Shoal, it was the first lighthouse to be built using a pneumatic caisson. The wooden caisson structure was excavated to a depth of 23 feet (7.0 m) below the
Fourteen_Foot_Bank_Light
Rider of horse while driving a carriage
seat, such as many ceremonial state coaches and artillery limbers and caissons. Postilion riders are generally arranged one rider for each pair of horses
Postilion
Lighthouse in Virginia, United States
Wolf Trap Light is a caisson lighthouse in the Virginia portion of the Chesapeake Bay, about seven and a half miles northeast of New Point Comfort Light
Wolf_Trap_Light
Funeral rites reserved for U.S. state officials or important citizens
procession consisted of the president's casket mounted on and using a caisson, foot soldiers, clergy, and a caparisoned, riderless horse. Upon arrival
State funerals in the United States
State_funerals_in_the_United_States
Wooden pavilion in China
sculptured on the wall of the pavilion. To add one more dragon at the caisson ceiling to reach 10,000, would give the meaning of 10,000, pronounced in
Wangu_Pavilion
French geologist who invented the pressurised caisson (1801–1867)
"Triger process" for digging through waterlogged ground using a pressurised caisson. Triger was also deputy director of coal mining operations in Chalonnes-sur-Loire
Jacques_Triger
Stand or frame to move bodies or coffins
her distinctive tail that in graphics is shown arching over the bier. Caisson Catafalque Epitaphios Funeral home Hearse The American Heritage Dictionary
Bier
Cable railway for changing boat elevation
boats between different water levels. Boats may be conveyed afloat, in caissons, or may be carried in cradles or slings. Inclined planes have evolved over
Canal_inclined_plane
Chamber for transporting divers vertically through the water
pressure inside and locking back on again. An air-lock bell is a type of caisson with an access trunk that extends above the water surface, with an air-lock
Diving_bell
Musical composition by John Philip Sousa, based on an earlier work by Edmund L. Gruber
Gruber. The refrain includes the phrase "caissons go rolling along", a reference to limbers and caissons—carts for transporting artillery pieces and
U.S._Field_Artillery_March
American civil engineer (1837–1926)
pneumatic caissons that became the foundations for the two towers. In 1870, fire broke out in one of the caissons; from within the caisson, Roebling directed
Washington_Roebling
Underground vertical or inclined passageway in civil engineering
braced shaft The use of segmental lining installed by underpinning or caisson sunk to form a circular shaft Incremental excavation with a shotcrete circular
Shaft_(civil_engineering)
Term for underground construction workers in New York City
Angeles and later other cities. Generally these projects involve tunneling, caisson excavation, road building, or some other type of underground construction
Sandhog
Belgian artificial island in the North Sea
Belgium. Construction costs are estimated at €3.6 billion. In 2025 and 2026, caissons were installed at the Princess Elisabeth Island (PEI) in the Belgian North
Princess_Elisabeth_Island
Equalising of pressure in the middle ears
aircraft, fast descent in a mine cage, and being put into pressure in a caisson or similar internally pressurised enclosure, or sometimes even simply travelling
Middle_ear_equalization
1938 death of the President of Turkey
Atatürk's casket was taken out the Dolmabahçe Palace, placed on a horse-drawn caisson and brought in front of a cortege to Gülhane Park. From Seraglio Point
Death and state funeral of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Death_and_state_funeral_of_Mustafa_Kemal_Atatürk
Boat lift in Russia
the Krasnoyarsk ship lift remain afloat. The lift platform contains a caisson, so that boats may simply float into the platform when they wish to traverse
Krasnoyarsk_ship_lift
Basilica in Lecce, Italy
piece of art by Francesco Antonio Zimbalo. The nave has a rich wooden caisson ceiling. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Basilica of Santa Croce
Basilica of Santa Croce, Lecce
Basilica_of_Santa_Croce,_Lecce
Lighthouse
of the Taunton River in Somerset, Massachusetts, US. It is a tower-on-caisson type known as a sparkplug lighthouse. The light was built in 1881, and
Borden_Flats_Light
Memorial or burial rite given by a country's military
("Yo tenía un camarada"). The casket may or may not be horse-drawn on a caisson. A bugler sounds the final honors during interment. When the coffin enters
Military_funeral
Caissons built during World War II
The Phoenix breakwaters were a set of reinforced concrete caissons built as part of the artificial Mulberry harbours that were assembled as part of the
Phoenix_breakwaters
Roman segmental arch bridge over the lower Danube
quickly (between 103 and 105), employing the construction of a wooden caisson for each pier. Apollodorus applied the technique of river flow relocation
Trajan's_Bridge
Bridge near Strasbourg
of reinforcing steel were used in total. The pylons were constructed on caissons floated into place and secured with 50 m deep foundation piles, and are
Pierre_Pflimlin_Bridge
Official march of the United States Army
Army Song". It is adapted from an earlier work from 1908 entitled "The Caissons Go Rolling Along", which was in turn incorporated into John Philip Sousa's
The_Army_Goes_Rolling_Along
Steel bridge in Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Construction Co. The two anchorage caissons were each 16.4 m by 8.2 m, with two wells 4.9 m square. The caissons were so designed that the working chambers
Howrah_Bridge
Architectural structure, Belgium
counterweighted caissons which travel vertically between the upstream and downstream sections. Because of Archimedes' Principle, the caissons weigh the same
Strépy-Thieu_boat_lift
American musician (1942–2025)
His father remembered how, after hearing only a few verses of "When the Caissons Go Rolling Along", the infant Wilson was able to reproduce its melody.
Brian_Wilson
2025 funeral of the 39th U.S. president
States Navy Memorial, where the casket was transferred to a horse-drawn caisson for a funeral procession to the United States Capitol along part of the
Death and state funeral of Jimmy Carter
Death_and_state_funeral_of_Jimmy_Carter
and officers, the casket is transported via a horse-drawn limbers and caissons. For all other funerals, the casket is transported using a hearse. Fighter
Military funerals in the United States
Military_funerals_in_the_United_States
Hydraulic engineering structures in the Netherlands
specially adapted caisson units for the abutment ends, with a sloping bottom to fill the triangular void between the first caisson and the slope underneath
Volkerakdam
Structure in the Kakhovka Reservoir, Ukraine
five 100-metre and two 90-metre high pylons, which stand on caissons in the water. The caissons with the pylons were prefabricated and then erected in the
Enerhodar Dnipro Powerline Crossing
Enerhodar_Dnipro_Powerline_Crossing
WW2 Soviet infantry mortar
position. The limber can either be towed directly or attached to a 20-round caisson for towing by a vehicle or horse team. The 120-PM-38 was typically deployed
M1938_mortar
Proposed class of American super-battleships
addressed a potential vulnerability of the South Dakota–type system, where caisson tests in 1939 showed that extending a main armor belt that tapers to the
Montana-class_battleship
Part of the Vietnam War (1967)
Brigade, 1st Infantry Division had established a line of firebases named Caisson I through VII at 10 km intervals along the road between Lai Khê and An
Operation_Shenandoah_II
Dutch horse cart
Chasse-marée Chuckwagon Conestoga wagon Covered wagon Dray Float Limbers and caissons Lorry Telega Trolley Trolley and lift van Vardo Wagon Vehicle construction
Sjees
United States Army general (1910–1958)
Arlington Caisson at MG Bogardus S. Cairns funeral
Bogardus_Snowden_Cairns
Historical steamboat that shipwrecked in the Missouri River
ship to recover a large amount of whiskey reported to be onboard. The caisson used during this excavation was left in place and recovered during the
Arabia_(steamboat)
Lighthouse
on a massive concrete/masonry caisson that extends 17 feet (5.2 meters) above the mean surface of the lake. The caisson has three feet (0.91 meters) thick
Oswego Harbor West Pierhead Light
Oswego_Harbor_West_Pierhead_Light
Air under a pressure greater than atmospheric
or other structures may be working in a pressurized enclosure called a caisson, where water is prevented from entering the open bottom of the enclosure
Compressed_air
Lighthouse in Maryland, United States
Light and historically Baltimore Harbor Lighthouse is a privately owned caisson lighthouse in the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland. First lit in 1908, it sits
Baltimore_Harbor_Light
Ceremonial horse
– February 6, 1976) was an American riderless horse. He served in the Caisson Platoon of the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard). He was the riderless
Black_Jack_(horse)
Lighthouse in Lower Saxony, Germany
8.079167°E / 53.855; 8.079167 Tower Constructed 1885 Foundation steel caisson basement Construction cast iron Height 28 metres (92 ft) Shape tapered
Roter_Sand_Lighthouse
Excavation or structure to provide access to groundwater
brick or stone as the excavation proceeds. A more modern method called caissoning uses pre-cast reinforced concrete well rings that are lowered into the
Well
Horse-drawn passenger vehicle on runners
Chasse-marée Chuckwagon Conestoga wagon Covered wagon Dray Float Limbers and caissons Lorry Telega Trolley Trolley and lift van Vardo Wagon Vehicle construction
Sleigh
Lighthouse in Virginia, United States
Smith Point Light is a caisson lighthouse in the Virginia portion of the Chesapeake Bay at the mouth of the Potomac River. It was added to the National
Smith_Point_Light
Place in Larvotto, Monaco
a theatre. On July 18, 2019, the last of the 18 interlocking concrete caisson was placed, closing the belt that delimits the offshore extension, thus
Le_Portier
Suspension bridge in Kobe, Japan
roller-compacted concrete, 2P and 3P are circular underwater spread-foundation caisson structures, and 4A is a rectangular direct foundation. 2P is located at
Akashi_Kaikyo_Bridge
Qing dynasty Chinese Buddhist monk and Thirteenth Chinese Pure Land Patriarch
glazed roof tile Chinese guardian lions Chiwen Dougong Xieshan Caihua Caisson Spirit tablet Shigandang Chinese garden Architectural works Yingzao Fashi
Shi_Yinguang
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