Telescopic caisson method, used in shallow Swedish waters consists of building two or more caissons, nested one inside another, called "caisson set"; after unit has been moved to prepared site at shoal and sunk by ballasting, inner caissons are raised by pumping water into them and fixed in raised position; Grundkallen and Svindbaden lighthouses are described.
Telescopic caisson for lighthouse base
Civ Eng (NY)
Civil Engineering (New York) ; 30 , n 9
1960
4 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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