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What are caissons?

What are caissons? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. plural of caisson
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The sunken panels were sometimes also called caissons, or lacunaria, and a coffered ceiling might be referred to as lacunar.
It's a combined highway and transit construction project and requires drilling foundation caissons in areas with underground utilities.
The caissons were huge hollow reinforced concrete blocks that were floated across the channel and then sunk when in position.
The housing consists of prefabricated concrete caissons which are inset in the lagoon floor and contain service tunnels and machinery.
These floats transported the great floating concrete caissons which formed the sea walls of the Mulberry Harbours.
The caissons, with concrete compressive strengths of 5000 to 6000 psi, were in good condition and are being reused.

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