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Crown Fountain, structural steel, construction of towers, November 26, 2003
Crown Fountain, structural steel, construction of towers, November 26, 2003
TitleCrown Fountain, structural steel, construction of towers, November 26, 2003
DescriptionThe north tower of Crown Fountain under construction. Each tower is 50 feet tall, 23 feet wide and 16 feet deep, separated by a 232 foot-long reflecting pool. At the bottom of this image the pipes that carry water are visible.

Crown Fountain, like most of Millennium Park, is built on top of a parking garage and this introduced problems that are not immediately apparent to the casual observer. The garage remained open during construction and, as all structures do, it moves slightly. To complicate matters further, the water that flows down each side of the tower had to be exactly level for the cascade feature to work as Jaume Plensa designed it.
NeighborhoodLoop (Chicago, Ill.)
Subject.TGMStructural systems
Hoisting machinery
Construction workers
Pipes (Conduits)
Concrete
I-beams
Trucks
Trailers
Skyscrapers
Subject.LCSHCrown Fountain (Chicago, Ill.) -- Design and construction
Subject.AATstructural steel
hard hats
PhotographerUnknown
ArtistsPlensa, Jaume, 1955-
ContributorsCourtesy of U.S. Equities Realty and the men and women who built Millennium Park
Date Of Download11/26/2003
Time Period2000; 2001; 2002; 2003; 2004; 2005; 2006; 2007; 2008; 2009
Repository NumberSPE-MP USER Crown 2003.11.26.24
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
GenrePortrait photographs
Progress photographs
Original Size321 KB
Original Resolution (dpi)72
Original Dimension (Pixels)1280x960
Camera SpecificationsSony CD MAVICA
BookCrown Fountain
ChapterChapter 9: Tower construction
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