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Steel (66)
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1. Cloud Gate, fabrication, grinding the omphalos, December 17, 2002 Cloud Gate, fabrication, grinding the omphalos, December 17, 2002 Grinding; Grinding machines; Dollies (Moving equipment); Steel; Machine shops; Industrial facilities; Grinding the surface of the sculpture's omphalos.
2. Cloud Gate, fabrication, December 17, 2002 Cloud Gate, fabrication, December 17, 2002 Steel; Industrial facilities; Machine shops; Structural frames; Ethan Silva of Performance Structures Inc. (PSI) on the left, posing next to the omphalos of the sculpture at PSI in Oakland, California.
3. Cloud Gate, fabrication, grinding the omphalos, December 17, 2002 Cloud Gate, fabrication, grinding the omphalos, December 17, 2002 Grinding; Grinding machines; Steel; Structural frames; Machine shops; Industrial facilities; Grinding the surface of the sculpture's omphalos.
4. Cloud Gate, fabrication, polishing the omphalos, December 17, 2002 Cloud Gate, fabrication, polishing the omphalos, December 17, 2002 Industrial facilities; Machine shops; Tents; Steel; Employees; Dollies (Moving equipment); Structural frames; The omphalos of the sculpture inside a tent at Performance Structures Inc. (PSI) in Oakland California.
5. Cloud Gate, fabrication, August 6, 2003 Cloud Gate, fabrication, August 6, 2003 Steel; Industrial facilities; Hoses; Employees; Reflections; A worker sprays the surface of the omphalos.
6. Cloud Gate, trial assembly in Oakland, California, omphalos, July 15, 2003 Cloud Gate, trial assembly in Oakland, California, omphalos, July 15, 2003 Steel; Structural frames; Hoisting machinery; Industrial facilities; View of the omphalos, or "belly button" of the sculpture.
7. Cloud Gate, trial assembly in Oakland, California, omphalos, ca. August 8, 2003 Cloud Gate, trial assembly in Oakland, California, omphalos, ca. August 8, 2003 Steel; Structural systems; Pulleys; Supporting rib structure on the back of the omphalos, or "belly button" of the sculpture.
8. Cloud Gate, trial assembly in Oakland, California, omphalos, August 8, 2003 Cloud Gate, trial assembly in Oakland, California, omphalos, August 8, 2003 Steel; Hoisting machinery; Reflections; The first plate to go up during the trial assembly was the omphalos, or "belly button" of the sculpture.
9. Cloud Gate, trial assembly in Oakland, California, omphalos, August 8, 2003 Cloud Gate, trial assembly in Oakland, California, omphalos, August 8, 2003 Steel; Trusses; Hoisting machinery; Reflections; View from beneath the omphalos, or "belly button" of the sculpture.
10. Cloud Gate, trial assembly in Oakland, California, omphalos, ca. August 8, 2003 Cloud Gate, trial assembly in Oakland, California, omphalos, ca. August 8, 2003 Steel; Trusses; Reflections; A second plate has been attached to the omphalos during the trial assembly of the sculpture in Oakland, California.
11. Cloud Gate, trial assembly in Oakland, California, omphalos, ca. August 8, 2003 Cloud Gate, trial assembly in Oakland, California, omphalos, ca. August 8, 2003 Steel; Trusses; Reflections; View from beneath the omphalos or "belly button" of the sculpture as more plates are added.
12. Cloud Gate, trial assembly in Oakland, California, omphalos, ca. August 8, 2003 Cloud Gate, trial assembly in Oakland, California, omphalos, ca. August 8, 2003 Steel; Structural frames; Reflections; Side view of the omphalos, or "belly button" of the sculpture.
13. 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.
14. Cloud Gate, trial assembly in Oakland, California, September 18, 2003 Cloud Gate, trial assembly in Oakland, California, September 18, 2003 Steel; Structural systems; Trusses; Close-up view of the reverse side of the omphalos, or "belly button," of the sculpture.
15. Cloud Gate, trial assembly in Oakland, California, September 18, 2003 Cloud Gate, trial assembly in Oakland, California, September 18, 2003 Trusses; Steel; Industrial facilities; Cityscapes; Close-up view of the reverse side of the omphalos, or "belly button," of the sculpture, with the Oakland, California skyline in the background.
16. Cloud Gate, attaching steel plates, omphalos, March 2, 2004 Cloud Gate, attaching steel plates, omphalos, March 2, 2004 Steel; Reflections; Trusses; View of the omphalos, or navel, from below. The omphalos was the first plate to be attached to the structural steel.
17. Cloud Gate, attaching steel plates, omphalos, March 2, 2004 Cloud Gate, attaching steel plates, omphalos, March 2, 2004 Steel; Reflections; Close-up view of the omphalos, the first plate to go up onto the structural steel.
18. Cloud Gate, attaching steel plates, omphalos, March 2, 2004 Cloud Gate, attaching steel plates, omphalos, March 2, 2004 Trusses; Steel; Reflections; Skyscrapers; Hoisting machinery; View of the omphalos, a Greek word meaning "navel", from below. The omphalos was the first plate to be attached to the structural steel. Buildings visible in the background include 30 North Michigan Avenue...
19. Cloud Gate, attaching steel plates, omphalos, ca. March 3, 2004 Cloud Gate, attaching steel plates, omphalos, ca. March 3, 2004 Restaurants; Scaffolding; Construction workers; Steel; Trucks; Hoisting machinery; Looking east toward the Park Grill restaurant; the omphalos of the sculpture is visible on the restaurant's roof.
20. Cloud Gate, attaching steel plates, omphalos, ca. March 3, 2004 Cloud Gate, attaching steel plates, omphalos, ca. March 3, 2004 Steel; Construction workers; Construction equipment; Lampposts; The omphalos of the sculpture at the SBC Plaza construction site before being attached to the structural steel.
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