tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555664269648250473.post8201314820965137748..comments2023-12-07T02:42:50.522-06:00Comments on Grit in the Gears: ?soubriquethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01151288534629885195noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555664269648250473.post-73850387462820190412010-05-05T16:51:40.931-05:002010-05-05T16:51:40.931-05:00Jim, I thought it was a diving bell, but caisson m...Jim, I thought it was a diving bell, but caisson makes more sense, the scary thought about that umbilical is that if somebody opened the valve..... eek.<br />Roebling? no, I refuse to look it up, Brooklyn bridge I think, they used caissons to excavate the bridge piers, and i think there was an accident where roebling senior died of caisson fever.... otherwise known as the bends. They had no idea why caisson workers got terrible pains and died.....<br />Just that short caisson shifts were safer than long ones.soubriquethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01151288534629885195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555664269648250473.post-64601058719759600732010-05-05T07:56:33.408-05:002010-05-05T07:56:33.408-05:00aah, the romance of caissons... the umbilical cord...aah, the romance of caissons... the umbilical cord is confusing thoughAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555664269648250473.post-73145626095042755502010-05-02T18:15:34.236-05:002010-05-02T18:15:34.236-05:00I have a book of victorian inventions... I'll ...I have a book of victorian inventions... I'll start scanning them in soon.soubriquethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01151288534629885195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555664269648250473.post-71414587430935400822010-05-02T18:01:06.302-05:002010-05-02T18:01:06.302-05:00its like, Jules Vernish, I loved his books and the...its like, Jules Vernish, I loved his books and their illustrations!Gary's third pottery bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13517401528128108791noreply@blogger.com