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I think this might be a translation issue - the German Senkkasten is literally "sinking-box," so maybe it does apply to structures like these segments too? But
by ghostly_s 5y ago
I think this might be a translation issue - the German Senkkasten is literally "sinking-box," so maybe it does apply to structures like these segments too? But the English caisson only means the diving-bell things.
- jaclaz 5y agoYes it must be lost in translation somehow, in Italian also "cassone" is both the "diving bell" thingy and the "sinking box". The Mose in Venice (though it is a sort of foldable dam) has inside a tunnel for maintenance and it was built in a similar way: https://www.mosevenezia.eu/cassoni/ https://www.mosevenezia.eu/cassoni/
- Someone 5y ago> But the English caisson only means the diving-bell things. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caisson_(engineering) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caisson_(engineering) disagrees. It distinguishes between box caissons and open caissons.
- ghostly_s 5y agoThat's still not what's being used here.