Caisson (French for "box") may refer to: *

Caisson (engineering) In geotechnical engineering, a caisson (; borrowed , , an augmentative of ) is a watertight retaining structure. It is used, for example, to work on the foundation (architecture), foundations of a bridge pier (architecture), pier, for the constru ...

, a sealed underwater structure *

Caisson (vehicle) A limber is a two-wheeled cart designed to support the 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 of the stock of a gun-carriage, whi ...

, a two-wheeled cart for carrying ammunition, also used in certain state and military funerals *

Caisson (Asian architecture) The caisson (), also referred to as a caisson ceiling, or ''spider web ceiling'', in Chinese architecture is an architectural feature typically found in the ceiling of temples and palaces, usually at the centre and directly above the main throne, ...

, a spider web ceiling *

Caisson (lock gate) A caisson is a form of lock gate. It consists of a large floating wrought iron, iron or steel box. This can be flooded to seat the caisson in the opening of the dock to close it, or pumped dry to float it and allow it to be towed clear of the dock ...

, a gate for a dock or lock, constructed as a floating caisson * Caisson (pen name), of Edward Sperling *

Caisson (western architecture) A coffer (or coffering) in architecture is a series of sunken panels in the shape of a square, rectangle, or octagon in a ceiling, soffit or vault. A series of these sunken panels was often used as decoration for a ceiling or a vault, also ...

, a type of coffer * Caisson disease, or decompression sickness * Caisson lock, a type of canal lock

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