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1.	Cloud Gate, attaching steel plates, May 27, 2004	Steel; Bolts & nuts;	Close-up of the seam between two steel plates on the sculpture.

2.	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...

3.	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...

4.	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,...

5.	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...

6.	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).

7.	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).

8.	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...

9.	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.

10.	Cloud Gate, polishing, May 25, 2005	Grinding; Equipment	A 4 1/2 inch grinder used to smooth out seams where the sculpture's steel plates had been welded together.

11.	Cloud Gate, sander, May 25, 2005	Equipment	Once the seams had been ground, the sculpture's surface was treated with a 15 pound air-driven belt sander (sometimes referred to as a road grader), pictured here. All of the tools used in grinding and...

12.	Cloud Gate, polishing, May 25, 2005	Equipment	A double action disk sander was used to rub out fine scratches in the sculpture's surface.

13.	Cloud Gate, polishing, May 25, 2005	Equipment	The final step in polishing Cloud Gate involved applying rouge and going over it with a buffing wheel. Adding rouge during polishing helped to conceal color differences where material was added during...

14.	Crown Fountain, meeting in Chicago, ca. May 13, 2002	Alleys; Glass blocks; Lighting; Architects' offices; Faces; Puddles; Reflections;	Puddles of water reflect LED test panels in the alley behind the offices of Krueck + Sexton Architects at 221 West Erie Street in Chicago.

15.	Crown Fountain, water feature tests, ca. November 5, 2002	Mock-ups; Fountains; Testing; Industrial facilities; Downspouts; Reflecting pools; Loading docks; Hoses;	A mock-up of the fountain was created at the headquarters of Crystal Fountains in Ontario, Canada for safety testing and to adjust water volumes.

16.	Crown Fountain, water feature tests, November 5, 2003	Fountains; Testing; Ladders; Industrial facilities; Hoses; Water tanks;	Testing the "gargoyle" feature of the fountain at Crystal Fountains headquarters in Concord, Ontario, Canada.

17.	Crown Fountain, water feature tests, November 5, 2003	Fountains; Testing; Ladders; Industrial facilities; Hoses; Water tanks;	Testing the "gargoyle" feature of the fountain at Crystal Fountains headquarters in Concord, Ontario, Canada.

18.	Crown Fountain, water feature tests, November 5, 2003	Fountains; Testing; Ladders; Industrial facilities; Hoses;	Close-up view of the "gargoyle" nozzle spraying water during fountain testing at Crystal Fountains headquarters in Concord, Ontario, Canada. The finished nozzles were made from cast UV stabilized acrylic,...

19.	Crown Fountain, water feature tests, November 5, 2003	Fountains; Testing; Industrial facilities;	Close-up view of the "gargoyle" nozzle spraying water during fountain testing at Crystal Fountains headquarters in Concord, Ontario, Canada. The finished nozzles were made from cast UV stabilized acrylic,...

20.	Crown Fountain, water feature tests, November 5, 2003	Fountains; Testing; Ladders; Industrial facilities; Hoses; Water tanks;	Testing the "gargoyle" feature of the fountain at Crystal Fountains headquarters in Concord, Ontario, Canada.

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