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Crown Fountain, excavation and construction of reservoir, September 25, 2003


Title	Crown Fountain, excavation and construction of reservoir, September 25, 2003
Description	Workmen are seen here pouring concrete into formwork for the retaining wall of Crown Fountain's reservoir. The reflecting pool is 232 feet long by 48 feet wide and the reservoir below serves to gather the water from the fountain and to keep the reflecting pool covered in ¼ of an inch of water.
Neighborhood	Loop (Chicago, Ill.)
Subject.TGM	Excavation Construction workers Retaining walls Concrete Concrete mixers Trailers Trees Skyscrapers
Subject.LCSH	Crown Fountain (Chicago, Ill.) -- Design and construction
Subject.AAT	formwork reinforcing bars chain link fences hard hats boards (flat objects)
Photographer	Unknown
Artists	Plensa, Jaume, 1955-
Contributors	Courtesy of U.S. Equities Realty and the men and women who built Millennium Park
Date Of Download	9/25/2003
Time Period	2000; 2001; 2002; 2003; 2004; 2005; 2006; 2007; 2008; 2009
Repository Number	SPE-MP USER Crown 2003.9.25.1
Repository Name	Chicago Public Library Special Collections and Preservation Division
Collection	Millennium Park, U.S. Equities Realty Collection
Rights	http://www.chipublib.org/aboutcpl/cplpolicies/policies/photo_reproduct.php
Language	eng
Type	Image
Original Format	jpeg
Genre	Portrait photographs Progress photographs
Original Size	583 KB
Original Resolution (dpi)	72
Original Dimension (Pixels)	1280x960
Camera Specifications	Sony CD MAVICA
Book	Crown Fountain
Chapter	Chapter 8: Excavation and construction of reservoir and reflecting pool
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