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She was taken into the inner harbour, where the injured portion of the hull was enclosed by a timber caisson in the manner shown in the engravings on page 155.
The floor of the caisson abutted against the bilge keel.
The outer wall, which was at a distance of about 10 feet from the hull, had a total depth of about 34 feet, the total length of the caisson being about 75 feet.
Watertight contact between the edge of the caisson and the hull of the ship was secured by the use of hemp packing covered with canvas.
The whole of the outside of the caisson was covered with canvas, and upon this was laid a heavy coating of hot tar.
The caisson was then floated into position and drawn up snugly ... while others were attached to the top edge of the caisson and led across to steam winches on deck.
After the water had been pumped out, the hydraulic pressure served to hold the caisson snugly against the hull.
She was brought back into the harbour, and a repair caisson was again applied.
One 11-inch shell struck the bridge just above the caisson and, when it burst, a shower of heavy fragments tore through the outer wall of the caisson, letting in the water and necessitating extensive repairs.
During the eleven months of the siege of Port Arthur five big repair jobs of the magnitude above described were completed, and over one dozen perforations of the hull below water, due to heavy projectiles, were repaired, either in drydock or by the caisson method.
Pierre shook his head and went on.
In another side street a sentinel standing beside a green caisson shouted at him, but only when the shout was threateningly repeated and he heard the click of the man's musket as he raised it did Pierre understand that he had to pass on the other side of the street.
He heard nothing and saw nothing of what went on around him.
He carried his resolution within himself in terror and haste, like something dreadful and alien to him, for, after the previous night's experience, he was afraid of losing it.
But he was not destined to bring his mood safely to his destination.
And even had he not been hindered by anything on the way, his intention could not now have been carried out, for Napoleon had passed the Arbat more than four hours previously on his way from the Dorogomilov suburb to the Kremlin, and was now sitting in a very gloomy frame of mind in a royal study in the Kremlin, giving detailed and exact orders as to measures to be taken immediately to extinguish the fire, to prevent looting, and to reassure
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