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1. Cloud Gate, fabrication, milling, April 21, 2003 Cloud Gate, fabrication, milling, April 21, 2003 Steel; Milling machines; Machine shops; Machine-milling a steel plate.
2. Cloud Gate, fabrication, polished surface, April 22, 2003 Cloud Gate, fabrication, polished surface, April 22, 2003 Steel; Reflections; Structural frames; Dollies (Moving equipment); Machine shops; Industrial facilities; Close-up of the surface of a finely polished steel plate.
3. Cloud Gate, fabrication, ca. August 6, 2003 Cloud Gate, fabrication, ca. August 6, 2003 Steel; Reflections; Water; A distorted reflection and water droplets on the surface of a curved steel plate.
4. Cloud Gate, fabrication, August 6, 2003 Cloud Gate, fabrication, August 6, 2003 Steel; Industrial facilities; Hoses; Employees; Reflections; A worker sprays the surface of the omphalos.
5. Cloud Gate, fabrication, welding, August 8, 2003 Cloud Gate, fabrication, welding, August 8, 2003 Welding; Steel; Machine shops; Industrial facilities; Welding in the fabrication shop at Performance Structures, Inc. (PSI). Some of the smaller plates were seam welded together prior to their shipment from Oakland to Chicago.
6. Cloud Gate, trial assembly in Oakland, California, omphalos, ca. August 8, 2003 Cloud Gate, trial assembly in Oakland, California, omphalos, ca. August 8, 2003 Steel; Structural systems; Pulleys; Supporting rib structure on the back of the omphalos, or "belly button" of the sculpture.
7. Cloud Gate, trial assembly in Oakland, California, omphalos, August 8, 2003 Cloud Gate, trial assembly in Oakland, California, omphalos, August 8, 2003 Steel; Hoisting machinery; Reflections; The first plate to go up during the trial assembly was the omphalos, or "belly button" of the sculpture.
8. Cloud Gate, trial assembly in Oakland, California, omphalos, August 8, 2003 Cloud Gate, trial assembly in Oakland, California, omphalos, August 8, 2003 Steel; Trusses; Hoisting machinery; Reflections; View from beneath the omphalos, or "belly button" of the sculpture.
9. Cloud Gate, trial assembly in Oakland, California, omphalos, ca. August 8, 2003 Cloud Gate, trial assembly in Oakland, California, omphalos, ca. August 8, 2003 Steel; Trusses; Reflections; A second plate has been attached to the omphalos during the trial assembly of the sculpture in Oakland, California.
10. Cloud Gate, trial assembly in Oakland, California, omphalos, ca. August 8, 2003 Cloud Gate, trial assembly in Oakland, California, omphalos, ca. August 8, 2003 Steel; Trusses; Reflections; View from beneath the omphalos or "belly button" of the sculpture as more plates are added.
11. Cloud Gate, trial assembly in Oakland, California, omphalos, ca. August 8, 2003 Cloud Gate, trial assembly in Oakland, California, omphalos, ca. August 8, 2003 Steel; Structural frames; Reflections; Side view of the omphalos, or "belly button" of the sculpture.
12. Cloud Gate, trial assembly in Oakland, California, September 18, 2003 Cloud Gate, trial assembly in Oakland, California, September 18, 2003 Steel; Reflections; Trusses; Structural systems; Industrial facilities; Close-up of the polished steel "skin" and interior truss structure of the sculpture during the trial assembly in Oakland, California.
13. Cloud Gate, assembly in Chicago, structural steel, February 25, 2004 Cloud Gate, assembly in Chicago, structural steel, February 25, 2004 Structural systems; Steel; Skyscrapers; Side view of the two 22-by-25-foot steel rings at either end of the sculpture's structural steel.
14. Cloud Gate, attaching steel plates, omphalos, ca. March 3, 2004 Cloud Gate, attaching steel plates, omphalos, ca. March 3, 2004 Steel; Structural frames; Construction workers; Trucks; The omphalos of the sculpture at the SBC Plaza construction site before being attached to the structural steel.
15. Cloud Gate, attaching steel plates, March 25, 2004 Cloud Gate, attaching steel plates, March 25, 2004 Construction workers; Steel; Trusses; View from below of a worker alongside the sculpture's omphalos.
16. Cloud Gate, attaching steel plates, March 26, 2004 Cloud Gate, attaching steel plates, March 26, 2004 Structural systems; Steel; Trusses; Construction workers; Workers climb along the supporting steel of the partially completed sculpture while attaching steel plates.
17. Cloud Gate, attaching steel plates, March 29, 2004 Cloud Gate, attaching steel plates, March 29, 2004 Steel; Structural systems; Trusses; Ladders; Close-up view of the sculpture showing the system of rigging, springs and clamps that hold the steel plates to the sculpture's structural steel. The "headdress" of Pritzker Pavilion is visible in the background....
18. Cloud Gate, attaching steel plates, March 31, 2004 Cloud Gate, attaching steel plates, March 31, 2004 Steel; Trusses; Structural systems; Construction workers; Ladders; Hoisting machinery; Workers climb along the supporting steel of the partially completed sculpture while attaching steel plates.
19. Cloud Gate, attaching steel plates, April 1, 2004 Cloud Gate, attaching steel plates, April 1, 2004 Structural systems; Trusses; Steel; Hoisting machinery; Construction workers; Stairways; Skyscrapers; Looking northwest toward the partially completed sculpture.
20. Cloud Gate, attaching steel plates, April 1, 2004 Cloud Gate, attaching steel plates, April 1, 2004 Steel; Structural systems; Trusses; Construction equipment; Construction workers; Skyscrapers; Looking northwest toward the partially completed sculpture.
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