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Survey of London
… bottom, brick sides and head, and was closed by a wooden caisson, the last being replaced in iron before 1904. 180 … crossing'. 183 The dock was closed by an iron floating box caisson 67ft long, 10ft wide and nearly 29ft deep, designed … being faced with blocks of ashlared granite. The present caisson gate is made of mild steel and probably dates from …
Survey of London
… Island Gardens. The shaft is a large cylindrical steel caisson 60ft deep and 43ft in external diameter, constructed … excavating in a small air-tight chamber beneath the caisson. The shaft is capped by a small circular red-brick …
Survey of London
… which raises to allow ships to pass beneath it. Caisson: a pontoon or floating gate used to close a dry dock; …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… River, 621 iv. ( a). Cagnaquinny, Indian Sachem, 107. Caisson, Abraham, 487 ii. Calcot, Samuel, 65 v. Cales, 411 …
Survey of London
… the refurbishments of 18601, when a new wrought-iron caisson was fitted. Reputedly made nearby at the Thames Iron … floor. The cill and apron were renewed and the old iron caisson renovated and strengthened. 367 In the early 1970s … Shell Tankers filled in the dry dock, but the Green's iron caisson has been allowed to remain in situ (Plate 113c). 368 …
Survey of London
… was reconstructed in brick and concrete and given an iron caisson instead of gates. The sawmill between the upper and …
Survey of London
… casing, with a wooden coping all round, and a timber caisson. 66 The yard itself seems never to have been …
Survey of London
… 19356, in 1986 (pp. 6701). Demolished c. Wrought-iron caisson at the former Orchard Dry Dock (now Shell Marine … in 1986 (p. 683) Orchard Dry Dock in 1986. Wrought-iron caisson at the former Orchard Dry Dock (now Shell Marine …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York
… carpenter, undertook in 1565 to complete a 'gytty' or caisson to allow masons to put down new foundations (YCR, vi, …