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1. Cloud Gate, polishing, May 19, 2005 Cloud Gate, polishing, May 19, 2005 Steel; Scaffolding; Ladders; Tents; Construction workers; Reflections; Grinding; A worker grinds the surface of the sculpture using a 15 pound air-driven belt sander (sometimes referred to as a road grader). Workers wore respirators and polyethylene jumpsuits for protection while polishing...
2. Cloud Gate, polishing, May 19, 2005 Cloud Gate, polishing, May 19, 2005 Steel; Grinding; Scaffolding; Ladders; Construction workers; Tents; Reflections; A worker grinds the surface of the sculpture using a 15 pound air-driven belt sander (sometimes referred to as a road grader). Workers wore respirators and polyethylene jumpsuits for protection while polishing...
3. Cloud Gate, polishing, May 19, 2005 Cloud Gate, polishing, May 19, 2005 Steel; Scaffolding; Construction workers; Grinding; Tents; Reflections; Marks (Symbols); A worker grinds the sculpture using a platen sander (a.k.a an air-driven ten pound belt sander). After being ground with 40-grit sandpaper disks, the road grader was applied to the sculpture's surface,...
4. Cloud Gate, grinding, May 19, 2005 Cloud Gate, grinding, May 19, 2005 Steel; Scaffolding; Construction workers; Grinding; Ladders; Marks (Symbols); A worker grinds the sculpture using a platen sander (a.k.a an air-driven ten pound belt sander). In addition to grinding and polishing the seams where the plates were welded, a two to three feet wide area...
5. Cloud Gate, polishing, May 19, 2005 Cloud Gate, polishing, May 19, 2005 Steel; Scaffolding; Construction workers; Grinding; Tents; Plywood; Reflections; A worker grinds the sculpture using a platen sander (a.k.a an air-driven ten pound belt sander).
6. Cloud Gate, polishing, May 19, 2005 Cloud Gate, polishing, May 19, 2005 Steel; Scaffolding; Construction workers; Grinding; Ladders; Reflections; A worker grinds the sculpture using a platen sander (a.k.a an air-driven ten pound belt sander).
7. Cloud Gate, polishing, May 19, 2005 Cloud Gate, polishing, May 19, 2005 Steel; Scaffolding; Construction workers; Ladders; Reflections; Plywood; A worker refines the surface of the sculpture using a double action disk sander, rubbing out the fine scratches left from the platen sander. The official dedication ceremony for Cloud Gate occurred May...
8. Cloud Gate, polishing, May 19, 2005 Cloud Gate, polishing, May 19, 2005 Steel; Scaffolding; Construction workers; Ladders; Reflections; Sand; A worker refines the surface of the sculpture using a double action disk sander, rubbing out the fine scratches left from the platen sander.
9. Crown Fountain, meeting in Chicago, May 13, 2002 Crown Fountain, meeting in Chicago, May 13, 2002 Architects' offices; Alleys; Glass blocks; Faces; LED test panels in the alley behind the offices of Krueck + Sexton Architects at 221 West Erie Street in Chicago.
10. Crown Fountain, meeting in Chicago, May 13, 2002 Crown Fountain, meeting in Chicago, May 13, 2002 Architects' offices; Alleys; Glass blocks; LED test panels in the alley behind the offices of Krueck + Sexton Architects at 221 West Erie Street in Chicago.
11. Crown Fountain, meeting in Chicago, May 13, 2002 Crown Fountain, meeting in Chicago, May 13, 2002 Alleys; Glass blocks; Lighting; Architects' offices; LED test panels in the alley behind the offices of Krueck + Sexton Architects at 221 West Erie Street in Chicago.
12. Crown Fountain, fabricating the glass bricks, May 21, 2003 Crown Fountain, fabricating the glass bricks, May 21, 2003 Industrial facilities; Glass industry; Shelving; Glassmaking tools at the L.E. Smith Glass Company in Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania. L.E. Smith Glass Company fabricated 22,000 five- by ten- by two-inch glass bricks for the towers of Crown Fountain.
13. Crown Fountain, fabricating the glass bricks, May 21, 2003 Crown Fountain, fabricating the glass bricks, May 21, 2003 Industrial facilities; Glass industry; Glassworkers; Fans (Machinery); Collecting molten glass at the end of a gathering rod before being pressing it into a mold at L.E. Smith Glass Company in Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania. L.E. Smith Glass Company, a pressed-glass fabricating...
14. Crown Fountain, testing in Melbourne, Florida, May 19, 2003 Crown Fountain, testing in Melbourne, Florida, May 19, 2003 Industrial facilities; Glass blocks; Structural frames; Mock-ups; Lighting; Trees; Tents; A glass brick panel mock-up, with an LED screen behind, at the headquarters of Circle Redmont Inc. in Melbourne, Florida. The mock-up was created to test a possible steel support structure for the tower...
15. Crown Fountain, testing in Melbourne, Florida, May 19, 2003 Crown Fountain, testing in Melbourne, Florida, May 19, 2003 Industrial facilities; Glass blocks; Structural frames; Mock-ups; Lighting; A glass brick panel mock-up, with an LED screen behind, at the headquarters of Circle Redmont Inc. in Melbourne, Florida. The mock-up was created to test a possible steel support structure for the tower...
16. Crown Fountain, testing in Melbourne, Florida, May 19, 2003 Crown Fountain, testing in Melbourne, Florida, May 19, 2003 Industrial facilities; Glass blocks; Structural frames; Mock-ups; Lighting; Eyes; A glass brick panel mock-up, with an LED screen behind, at the headquarters of Circle Redmont Inc. in Melbourne, Florida. The mock-up was created to test a possible steel support structure for the tower...
17. Crown Fountain, testing in Melbourne, Florida, May 19, 2003 Crown Fountain, testing in Melbourne, Florida, May 19, 2003 Industrial facilities; Glass blocks; Structural frames; Mock-ups; Lighting; Automobiles; Interior view of a glass brick panel mock-up at the headquarters of Circle Redmont Inc. in Melbourne, Florida, created to test a possible steel support structure for the tower walls of Crown Fountain.
18. Crown Fountain, testing in Melbourne, Florida, May 19, 2003 Crown Fountain, testing in Melbourne, Florida, May 19, 2003 Industrial facilities; Glass blocks; Structural frames; Mock-ups; Lighting; Cross-section of the inside of one of Crown Fountain’s towers showing the LED units and the glass brick walls. The space between the LEDs and the glass brick wall allows for ventilation and permits the...
19. Crown Fountain, testing in Melbourne, Florida, May 19, 2003 Crown Fountain, testing in Melbourne, Florida, May 19, 2003 Industrial facilities; Glass blocks; Structural frames; Mock-ups; Close-up view showing steel structural elements on the inside of a glass brick panel mock-up
20. Crown Fountain, testing in Melbourne, Florida, May 19, 2003 Crown Fountain, testing in Melbourne, Florida, May 19, 2003 Industrial facilities; Glass blocks; Structural frames; Mock-ups; Lighting; Side view of a glass brick panel mock-up showing the space between the glass brick façade and the LED screens behind. The mock-up was created to test a possible steel support structure for the tower walls...
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