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Cloud Gate, fabrication, ca. December 17, 2002
Cloud Gate, fabrication, ca. December 17, 2002
TitleCloud Gate, fabrication, ca. December 17, 2002
DescriptionView from above of workers shaping a curved steel plate in the fabrication shop at Performance Structures Inc. (PSI). After plasma cutting the steel plates, a custom made roller, similar to an English roller, was built by PSI to roll the steel plates into their curved shapes. The 1/4 inch to 3/8 inch thick plates are shaped by moving them between pressurized rollers; the pressure on the rollers is adjusted to alter the degree of curvature. This process was used to get the plates to within one-hundredth of an inch of their required dimensions.
NeighborhoodLoop (Chicago, Ill.)
Subject.TGMIndustrial facilities
Machinery
Steel
Machine shops
Subject.LCSHCloud Gate (Chicago, Ill.) -- Design and Construction
Performance Structures, Inc.
Subject.AATstructural steel
PhotographerUnknown
ArtistsKapoor, Anish, 1954-
ContributorsCourtesy of U.S. Equities Realty and the men and women who built Millennium Park
Date Of Download12/17/2002
Time Period2000; 2001; 2002; 2003; 2004; 2005; 2006; 2007; 2008; 2009
Repository NumberSPE-MP USER Cloud Gate 2002.12.17.16
Repository NameChicago Public Library Special Collections and Preservation Division
CollectionMillennium Park, U.S. Equities Realty Collection
Rightshttp://www.chipublib.org/aboutcpl/cplpolicies/policies/photo_reproduct.php;
Languageeng
TypeImage
Original Formatjpeg
GenreAerial views
Original Size526 KB
Original Resolution (dpi)300
Original Dimension (Pixels)2048x1536
BookCloud Gate
ChapterChapter 1: Steel fabrication
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