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1. 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; Dollies (Moving equipment); Ladders Workers move a cradle out from underneath a steel plate as it is hoisted up by a crane.
2. 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; A stand is moved out of the way as workers guide a steel plate, hoisted from above by a crane, into place on the sculpture.
3. Cloud Gate, attaching steel plates, June 2, 2004 Cloud Gate, attaching steel plates, June 2, 2004 Tents; Hoisting machinery; The crane used to hoist steel plates into place on the sculpture juts out of the weatherproof tent covering the partially completed sculpture.
4. 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; Ethan Silva, president of Performance Structures, Inc. (PSI) (left), and artist Anish Kapoor (right) look on as a worker gestures to the crane operator, out of view, to lower the last plate into place....
5. 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...
6. 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.
7. Cloud Gate, polishing, May 25, 2005 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.
8. Cloud Gate, sander, May 25, 2005 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...
9. Cloud Gate, polishing, May 25, 2005 Cloud Gate, polishing, May 25, 2005 Equipment A double action disk sander was used to rub out fine scratches in the sculpture's surface.
10. Crown Fountain, early Jaume Plensa sketchbook drawing, ca. 2000 Crown Fountain, early Jaume Plensa sketchbook drawing, ca. 2000 Sketches; Fountains; An early sketch of Crown Fountain by Jaume Plensa. The Crown Foundation agreed to fund a water feature at Millennium Park in December 1999 and invited 3 artists to submit proposals. The Crowns left the...
11. Crown Fountain, early site test, May 19, 2001 Crown Fountain, early site test, May 19, 2001 Trees; Skyscrapers; Construction equipment; Construction workers;Dirt; View of the north end of the site. The outline of the skin pool is marked out in tape along the ground. Buildings along the Michigan Avenue street wall and East Randolph Street are visible in the background....
12. Crown Fountain, water feature tests, August 25, 2002 Crown Fountain, water feature tests, August 25, 2002 Fountains; Testing;Industrial facilities; The “gargoyle” nozzle of the Crown Fountain being tested at the Crystal Fountain headquarters in Concord, Ontario. The “gargoyle” feature of the Crown Fountain, the part where the face on the screen...
13. Crown Fountain, assembly in Melbourne, Florida, ca. March 17, 2004 Crown Fountain, assembly in Melbourne, Florida, ca. March 17, 2004 Industrial facilities; Structural frames; Fans (Machinery); Glass blocks; Construction workers Assembly of glass brick panels at Circle Redmont Inc., in Melbourne, Florida. The pink bricks were used during shipping to fill the empty spaces in the panels where the glass bricks were left out. The...
14. Crown Fountain, assembly in Melbourne, Florida, ca. March 17, 2004 Crown Fountain, assembly in Melbourne, Florida, ca. March 17, 2004 Industrial facilities; Construction workers; Structural frames; Fans (Machinery); Glass blocks; Assembly of glass brick panels at Circle Redmont Inc., in Melbourne, Florida. The pink bricks were used during shipping to fill the empty spaces in the panels where the glass bricks were left out. The...
15. Crown Fountain, assembly in Melbourne, Florida, ca. March 17, 2004 Crown Fountain, assembly in Melbourne, Florida, ca. March 17, 2004 Industrial facilities; Construction workers; Structural frames; Fans (Machinery); Glass blocks; Assembly of glass brick panels at Circle Redmont Inc., in Melbourne, Florida. The pink bricks were used during shipping to fill the empty spaces in the panels where the glass bricks were left out. The...
16. Crown Fountain, assembly in Melbourne, Florida, ca. March 17, 2004 Crown Fountain, assembly in Melbourne, Florida, ca. March 17, 2004 Industrial facilities; Construction workers; Structural frames; Glass blocks; Fans (Machinery); Assembly of glass brick panels at Circle Redmont Inc., in Melbourne, Florida. The pink bricks were used during shipping to fill the empty spaces in the panels where the glass bricks were left out. The...
17. 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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18. Crown Fountain, underground parking garage, September 25, 2003 Crown Fountain, underground parking garage, September 25, 2003 Parking garages; Automobiles; Demolition; Demolition inside a fenced off area beneath Crown Fountain in the underground parking garage. The electrical service feeding the Fountain required twice the height of one floor of the garage, so part of...
19. Crown Fountain, underground parking garage, September 25, 2003 Crown Fountain, underground parking garage, September 25, 2003 Parking garages; Automobiles; Demolition; Demolition inside a fenced off area beneath Crown Fountain in the underground parking garage. The electrical service feeding the Fountain required twice the height of one floor of the garage, so part of...
20. Crown Fountain, underground parking garage, September 30, 2003 Crown Fountain, underground parking garage, September 30, 2003 Parking garages; Automobiles; Demolition; Demolition inside a fenced off area beneath Crown Fountain in the underground parking garage. The electrical service feeding the Fountain required twice the height of one floor of the garage, so part of...
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