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1. Cloud Gate, fabrication, steel plates, December 17, 2002 Cloud Gate, fabrication, steel plates, December 17, 2002 Steel; Dollies (Moving equipment); An outdoor lot where the curved steel plates of the sculpture are stored under tarps.
2. Cloud Gate, trial assembly in Oakland, California, September 18, 2003 Cloud Gate, trial assembly in Oakland, California, September 18, 2003 Structural systems; Trusses; Steel; Industrial facilities; View of the structural steel of the sculpture during the trial assembly in Oakland, California.
3. Cloud Gate, base plate and anchor bolts, March 10, 2004 Cloud Gate, base plate and anchor bolts, March 10, 2004 Concrete; I-beams; Bolts & nuts; Close-up view of part of the sculpture's anchoring system before it was encased in concrete, showing the base plate and anchor bolts.
4. Cloud Gate, SBC Plaza, March 16, 2004 Cloud Gate, SBC Plaza, March 16, 2004 Concrete; Construction workers; Construction equipment; Sand; Structural systems; Trusses; Skyscrapers; The arm of a concrete pump truck extends over SBC Plaza and concrete is poured. The Michigan Avenue street wall is visible in the background, and the structural steel of Cloud Gate can be seen to the right....
5. Cloud Gate, attaching steel plates, April 23, 2004 Cloud Gate, attaching steel plates, April 23, 2004 Steel; Construction workers; Dollies (Moving equipment); Hoisting machinery; Scaffolding; Wood blocks; Skyscrapers; Plywood Detailed view of the work site alongside the partially built sculpture.
6. Cloud Gate, attaching steel plates, April 29, 2004 Cloud Gate, attaching steel plates, April 29, 2004 Steel; Construction workers; Structural systems; Trusses; Hoisting machinery; Plywood; Tents; Workers guide a steel plate into position on the partially assembled sculpture.
7. Cloud Gate, attaching steel plates, May 3, 2004 Cloud Gate, attaching steel plates, May 3, 2004 Steel; Structural systems; Trusses; Plywood; Tents; Construction workers; Hoisting machinery; Ladders; Dollies (Moving equipment); Workers guide a steel plate into place on the sculpture as it is hoisted from above by a crane.
8. Cloud Gate, attaching the final plate, June 28, 2004 Cloud Gate, attaching the final plate, June 28, 2004 Steel; Hoisting machinery; Construction workers; Tents; Flags; Reflections Ethan Silva, president of Performance Structures, Inc. (PSI) (left), and artist Anish Kapoor (right) stand as workers guide the final steel plate into place on the sculpture. PSI fabricated the steel plates...
9. Crown Fountain, architectural model, ca. October 4, 2002 Crown Fountain, architectural model, ca. October 4, 2002 Architectural models; Structural systems; Fountains; A model of one of Crown Fountain’s towers, showing the internal structure. Each tower is 50 feet tall, with a rectangular footprint of 23 feet by 16 feet. Inside each tower is a basic structure with...
10. Crown Fountain, early site test, May 18, 2001 Crown Fountain, early site test, May 18, 2001 Mock-ups; Structural frames; Trees; Skyscrapers; Construction equipment;Dirt; Looking northwest toward an on-site mock-up showing the scale and impact of one tower. At 50 feet tall, there was controversy over the height of the towers; Art Institute of Chicago president James Wood...
11. Crown Fountain, water feature tests, August 25, 2002 Crown Fountain, water feature tests, August 25, 2002 Fountains; Testing; Hoses; Water tanks;Industrial facilities; Testing the "gargoyle" feature of the fountain at Crystal Fountains headquarters in Concord, Ontario, Canada. The finished fountain is made up of two glass brick towers, facing each other across a reflecting...
12. 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...
13. Crown Fountain, testing in Melbourne, Florida, ca. January 17, 2003 Crown Fountain, testing in Melbourne, Florida, ca. January 17, 2003 Industrial facilities; Glass blocks; Structural frames; Mock-ups; Automobiles; Parking lots; Trees; Cameras; 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. Triangular spacers,...
14. Crown Fountain, assembly in Melbourne, Florida, ca. March 24, 2004 Crown Fountain, assembly in Melbourne, Florida, ca. March 24, 2004 Industrial facilities; Structural frames; Glass blocks; Fans (Machinery); Pails; Shelving; Once the glass bricks were made by L.E. Smith in Mt. Pleasant, Pennsylvania, they were sent to the offices of Circle Redmont, Inc., to be assembled into steel grids, shown here.

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15. Crown Fountain, full scale LED mock-up in Logan, Utah, November 16, 2003 Crown Fountain, full scale LED mock-up in Logan, Utah, November 16, 2003 Mock-ups; Structural systems; Fences; Lighting; Lampposts; A full scale mock-up of the LED component of Crown Fountain at Barco's Logan, Utah offices. Barco manufactured the LED screens for Crown Fountain and supplied the software to operate the system.
16. Crown Fountain, full scale LED mock-up in Logan, Utah, December 17, 2003 Crown Fountain, full scale LED mock-up in Logan, Utah, December 17, 2003 Mock-ups; Structural systems; Office buildings; Hoisting machinery; Lighting; Concrete; Lampposts; Fences; A full scale mock-up of the LED component of Crown Fountain at Barco's Logan, Utah offices. Barco manufactured the LED screens for Crown Fountain and supplied the software to operate the system.
17. Crown Fountain, structural steel, construction of towers, November 26, 2003 Crown Fountain, structural steel, construction of towers, November 26, 2003 Structural systems; Hoisting machinery; Construction workers; Pipes (Conduits); Concrete; I-beams; Trucks; Trailers; Skyscrapers; The north tower of Crown Fountain under construction. Each tower is 50 feet tall, 23 feet wide and 16 feet deep, separated by a 232 foot-long reflecting pool. At the bottom of this image the pipes that...
18. Crown Fountain, Jaume Plensa interview, May 20, 2004 Crown Fountain, Jaume Plensa interview, May 20, 2004 Hoisting machinery; Faces; Lighting; Glass blocks; Structural frames; Skyscrapers; Crates; Trees; Interviews; Artist Jaume Plensa (left) talks to an interviewer on site. The south tower of Crown Fountain is nearly complete in the background.
19. Crown Fountain, LED screen test in blue, south tower, April 1, 2004 Crown Fountain, LED screen test in blue, south tower, April 1, 2004 Lighting; Construction workers; Testing; Automobiles; Construction equipment; Skyscrapers; Trees; Looking south toward the south tower as its newly installed LED screen is lit up in blue. The last LED tile, behind the "gargoyle" nozzle, has yet to be installed. The Michigan Avenue street wall is visible...
20. Crown Fountain, video test run, north tower, May 19, 2004 Crown Fountain, video test run, north tower, May 19, 2004 Faces; Lighting; Testing; Nighttime view of the north tower of Crown Fountain during a video test run. An image of a face is visible on the LED screen.
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