| 11. | The company built several coffer dams, all of which were destroyed when the river flooded in 1914.
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| 12. | Experiments were carried out with firing 64-pounder shells into full scale replicas of the cork compartments and coffer dams.
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| 13. | Setbacks during construction included flooding of the coffer dams used in the building of the piers that supported the bridge.
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| 14. | First, the power house was constructed after a circular coffer dam was set on the right side of the river.
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| 15. | The company signed contracts Wednesday to dam the Yangtze River in November 1997 and then build a coffer dam, Xinhua said.
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| 16. | The fuel tanks copied British practice and consisted of cylinders or coffer dams separated from the ship's hull by water-filled compartments.
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| 17. | After the 1972 flood, Alcan built a coffer dam to prevent the river from taking the route around the falls again.
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| 18. | A coffer dam, two earth dikes, excavation and preparations of the foundations of the dam were also completed before construction began.
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| 19. | First of all, a large coffer dam was built, constructed of two rows of steel plates between which a of sand was tipped.
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| 20. | In 1947, diversion of the Savannah River and construction of a coffer dam began while the contract for the actual dam was awarded.
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