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1. BP Bridge, installing the shingles, October 1, 2003 BP Bridge, installing the shingles, October 1, 2003 Construction workers; Scaffolding; Trucks; Hoisting machinery; Skyscrapers; Installing the stainless steel shingles, or "scales" onto the BP Bridge. The trellis of the Jay Pritzker Pavilion is visible in the background.
2. BP Bridge, interior view of garage, May 9, 2003 BP Bridge, interior view of garage, May 9, 2003 Garages; Automobiles; Construction workers; Interior view of the garage below the projected path of the BP Bridge, as the support structure for the Bridge was installed at ground level.
3. BP Bridge, rebar, concrete foundation ramp, September 12, 2003 BP Bridge, rebar, concrete foundation ramp, September 12, 2003 Construction workers; Wheelbarrows; Skyscrapers; A view of the eastern approach ramp of the BP Bridge in Daley Bicentennial Plaza.
Like most of Millennium Park, the BP Bridge is built upon an underground parking garage and this presented construction...
4. BP Bridge, site visit, May 27, 2004 BP Bridge, site visit, May 27, 2004 Business people; Streets; Trees; Automobiles; Skyscrapers; A visitor from U.S. Equities Realty's Argentina location visits the BP Bridge. The Buckingham, 400 East Randolph Street, and Harbor Point can be seen in the background.
5. BP Bridge, western approach span, October 13, 2003 BP Bridge, western approach span, October 13, 2003 Structural frames; Streets; Automobiles; Skyscrapers; Cantilever construction; Hoisting machinery; Looking northwest across Columbus Drive toward the western approach span of BP Bridge. Wooden formwork for concrete surrounds part of the structural steel at right. Subframing for the stainless steel shingles,...
6. Cloud Gate, assembly in Chicago, structural steel, February 27, 2004 Cloud Gate, assembly in Chicago, structural steel, February 27, 2004 Structural systems; Steel; Trusses; Hoisting machinery; Skyscrapers; View of the structural steel of the sculpture; truss framework has been added. The Michigan Avenue street wall is visible in the background, as well as CNA Plaza and Mid-Continental Plaza.
7. Cloud Gate, attaching steel plates, April 27, 2004 Cloud Gate, attaching steel plates, April 27, 2004 Steel; Structural systems; Trusses; Tents; Ropes; Plywood Close-up of the base of the sculpture, showing where it is anchored to SBC Plaza.
8. Cloud Gate, attaching steel plates, May 27, 2004 Cloud Gate, attaching steel plates, May 27, 2004 Steel; Trusses; Construction workers; Pails; Hoisting machinery; A worker bolts steel plates together, after they have been installed on the sculpture.
9. Cloud Gate, attaching steel plates, May 27, 2004 Cloud Gate, attaching steel plates, May 27, 2004 Steel; Structural systems; Trusses; Construction workers; Tents; Hoisting machinery; Pails; Close-up of rigging and cables on the partially completed sculpture. In the background a worker bolts steel plates together.
10. Cloud Gate, attaching steel plates, May 27, 2004 Cloud Gate, attaching steel plates, May 27, 2004 Steel; Structural systems; Trusses; Tents; Construction workers; Hoisting machinery; Pails; A worker pauses from installing steel plates on the sculpture.
11. Cloud Gate, attaching steel plates, May 27, 2004 Cloud Gate, attaching steel plates, May 27, 2004 Steel; Bolts & nuts; Close-up of the seam between two steel plates on the sculpture.
12. Cloud Gate, attaching steel plates, May 27, 2004 Cloud Gate, attaching steel plates, May 27, 2004 Steel; Tents; Construction workers; Hoisting machinery; A worker installs a steel plate onto the sculpture with a close-up of cables and rigging in the foreground.
13. Cloud Gate, attaching steel plates, May 27, 2004 Cloud Gate, attaching steel plates, May 27, 2004 Steel; Structural systems; Trusses; Tents; Construction workers; Hoisting machinery; Interior view of the sculpture.
14. Cloud Gate, attaching steel plates, May 27, 2004 Cloud Gate, attaching steel plates, May 27, 2004 Steel; Structural systems; Stickers; Cans; A hard hat at SBC Plaza.
15. Cloud Gate, attaching steel plates, May 27, 2004 Cloud Gate, attaching steel plates, May 27, 2004 Plywood; Tents; Welding; Construction equipment; A welder inside the weatherproof tent at SBC Plaza.
16. Cloud Gate, attaching steel plates, May 27, 2004 Cloud Gate, attaching steel plates, May 27, 2004 Steel; Trusses; Tents; Close-up of cables and rigging on the partially assembled sculpture.
17. Cloud Gate, attaching steel plates, May 27, 2004 Cloud Gate, attaching steel plates, May 27, 2004 Steel; Structural systems; Trusses; Tents; Hoisting machinery; Pails; Close-up of cables and rigging on the partially assembled sculpture.
18. Cloud Gate, attaching steel plates, May 27, 2004 Cloud Gate, attaching steel plates, May 27, 2004 Steel; Plywood; Welding; Ladders; Ropes; Marks (Symbols); Concrete; Steel plates on the sculpture are welded together. A tack-welding process was used prior to the Park's opening; permanent seam-welding was completed in 2005.
19. Cloud Gate, attaching steel plates, omphalos, March 4, 2004 Cloud Gate, attaching steel plates, omphalos, March 4, 2004 Steel; Trusses; Reflections; View of the omphalos, or navel, from below. The omphalos was the first plate to be attached to the structural steel.
20. Cloud Gate, fabrication, April 22, 2003 Cloud Gate, fabrication, April 22, 2003 Machinery; Machine shops; Industrial facilities; Interior view of the fabrication shop at Performance Structures, Inc. (PSI).
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