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1. Cloud Gate, fabrication, December 17, 2002 Cloud Gate, fabrication, December 17, 2002 Steel; Structural frames; Hoisting machinery; Marks (Symbols); Industrial facilities; Workers position a steel plate into the roller.

2. Cloud Gate, fabrication, view of outdoor lot, December 17, 2002 Cloud Gate, fabrication, view of outdoor lot, December 17, 2002 Industrial facilities; Hoisting machinery; Looking through a window at an outdoor lot where the curved steel plates of the sculpture are stored under tarps.

3. Cloud Gate, fabrication, grinding a steel plate, September 18, 2003 Cloud Gate, fabrication, grinding a steel plate, September 18, 2003 Steel; Structural frames; Grinding; Dollies (Moving equipment); Machine shops; Industrial facilities; Employees; Three workers in protective gear grinding a steel plate. The individual plates of the sculpture were ground and polished individually and covered with protective film before their shipment from Oakland...

4. Cloud Gate, fabrication, grinding a steel plate, September 18, 2003 Cloud Gate, fabrication, grinding a steel plate, September 18, 2003 Steel; Grinding; Employees; Machine shops; Machinery; Industrial facilities; Close-up view of a worker in protective gear grinding a steel plate.

5. Cloud Gate, fabrication, September 18, 2003 Cloud Gate, fabrication, September 18, 2003 Steel; Dollies (Moving equipment); Grinding; Shadows; View from above of a steel plate during grinding.

6. Cloud Gate, fabrication, September 18, 2003 Cloud Gate, fabrication, September 18, 2003 Steel; Structural frames; Dollies (Moving equipment); Industrial facilities; Looking down on a semi-polished steel plate.

7. Cloud Gate, fabrication, September 18, 2003 Cloud Gate, fabrication, September 18, 2003 Steel; Reflections; Industrial facilities; Close-up of a semi-polished steel surface.

8. Cloud Gate, fabrication, September 18, 2003 Cloud Gate, fabrication, September 18, 2003 Structural frames; Dollies (Moving equipment); Industrial facilities; Two sections of the sub-frame grid atop cradles at the fabrication shop at Performance Structures, Inc. (PSI). These will be attached to steel plates that will form part of the external shell of the sculpture....

9. Cloud Gate, trial assembly in Oakland, California, freight container with machinery, April 22, 2003 Cloud Gate, trial assembly in Oakland, California, freight container with machinery, April 22, 2003 Containers; Machinery; Industrial facilities; Interior view of a padded freight container filled with machinery at PSI in Oakland, California.

10. Cloud Gate, trial assembly in Oakland, California, September 18, 2003 Cloud Gate, trial assembly in Oakland, California, September 18, 2003 Steel; Structural systems; Trusses; Industrial facilities; Steel plates attached to the underside of the sculpture's structural steel create a hat shape during the trial assembly of the sculpture at Performance Structures, Inc. in Oakland, California.

11. Cloud Gate, trial assembly in Oakland, California, omphalos, September 18, 2003 Cloud Gate, trial assembly in Oakland, California, omphalos, September 18, 2003 Steel; Reflections; Industrial facilities; Looking up at the omphalos during the trial assembly of the sculpture at Performance Structures, Inc. in Oakland, California.

12. Cloud Gate, trial assembly in Oakland, California, September 18, 2003 Cloud Gate, trial assembly in Oakland, California, September 18, 2003 Steel; Reflections; Industrial facilities; Close-up of the polished steel surface of the sculpture during the trial assembly in Oakland, California.

13. Cloud Gate, trial assembly in Oakland, California, September 18, 2003 Cloud Gate, trial assembly in Oakland, California, September 18, 2003 Steel; Reflections; Industrial facilities; Photography; Dollies (Moving equipment); Ethan Silva, president of Performance Structures, Inc. (PSI), looks up at the sculpture during a trial assembly in Oakland, California.

14. Cloud Gate, trial assembly in Oakland, California, September 18, 2003 Cloud Gate, trial assembly in Oakland, California, September 18, 2003 Steel; Trusses; Structural systems; Industrial facilities; The structural steel and part of the polished "skin" of the sculpture (later named Cloud Gate) during the trial assembly in Oakland, California.

15. Cloud Gate, trial assembly in Oakland, California, September 18, 2003 Cloud Gate, trial assembly in Oakland, California, September 18, 2003 Steel; Trusses; Structural systems; Reflections; Industrial facilities; Close-up of the polished steel "skin" and interior truss structure of the sculpture during the trial assembly in Oakland, California.

16. 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.

17. 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.

18. Cloud Gate, trial assembly in Oakland, California, September 18, 2003 Cloud Gate, trial assembly in Oakland, California, September 18, 2003 Steel; Hoisting machinery; Industrial facilities; Close-up of a hanging steel plate during the trial assembly in Oakland, California.

19. Cloud Gate, trial assembly in Oakland, California, September 18, 2003 Cloud Gate, trial assembly in Oakland, California, September 18, 2003 Steel; Trusses; Structural systems; Industrial facilities; Close-up the sculpture's structural steel with a view of industrial buildings in the background.

20. Cloud Gate, trial assembly in Oakland, California, September 18, 2003 Cloud Gate, trial assembly in Oakland, California, September 18, 2003 Steel; Trusses; Structural systems; Reflections; Industrial facilities; View from below of the sculpture's "skin" during the trial assembly in Oakland, California.
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