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1. Millennium Monument at Wrigley Square, column, ca. March 14, 2002 Millennium Monument at Wrigley Square, column, ca. March 14, 2002 Columns; Scaffolding; Close-up of a column and scaffolding at the Millennium Monument at Wrigley Square. Each column is made up of five 2200 pound segments carved from 300 million year old limestone from the quarries of northwest...

2. Cloud Gate, fabrication, December 17, 2002 Cloud Gate, fabrication, December 17, 2002 Structural frames; Metalworking; Close-up of a section of the sub-frame structure during fabrication. The sub-frame sections were attached directly to the back of each of the curved plates that later would form the mirror-like "skin"...

3. Cloud Gate, fabrication, exterior view of Performance Structures Inc. (PSI), December 17, 2002 Cloud Gate, fabrication, exterior view of Performance Structures Inc. (PSI), December 17, 2002 Industrial facilities; Dollies (Moving equipment); Steel; Exterior of Performance Structures Inc. (PSI) in Oakland, California. Visible on the left are some of the curved steel plates that would later form part of the mirrorlike "skin" of Anish Kapoor's sculpture...

4. Cloud Gate, fabrication, sub-frame grid, April 22, 2003 Cloud Gate, fabrication, sub-frame grid, April 22, 2003 Structural frames; Dollies (Moving equipment); Industrial facilities; A section of the steel sub-frame during fabrication. The sections of the sub-frame were attached directly to the back of each of the curved plates that would form the mirror-like "skin" of the sculpture....

5. 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.

6. Cloud Gate, trial assembly in Oakland, California, steel plate, September 18, 2003 Cloud Gate, trial assembly in Oakland, California, steel plate, September 18, 2003 Steel; Dollies (Moving equipment); Hoisting machinery; Structural systems; Structural frames; An individual steel plate atop a cradle before its attachment to the structural steel during a trial assembly at Performance Structures, Inc. (PSI) in Oakland, California. PSI developed a procedure in...

7. Cloud Gate, trial assembly in Oakland, California, rigging, September 18, 2003 Cloud Gate, trial assembly in Oakland, California, rigging, September 18, 2003 Trusses; Structural systems; Steel; Close-up view of the temporary rigging system used to hold the steel plates into place during assembly. The cables were removed once the sculpture was completely seam-welded. The finished sculpture is...

8. Cloud Gate, base plate, March 4, 2004 Cloud Gate, base plate, March 4, 2004 Concrete; I-beams; Bolts & nuts; Nails & spikes; Close-up view of the base plate for the sculpture's anchoring system before it was encased in concrete.

9. Cloud Gate, base plate, March 4, 2004 Cloud Gate, base plate, March 4, 2004 Concrete; I-beams; Bolts & nuts; Pails; Close-up view of the base plate for the sculpture's anchoring system before it was encased in concrete.

10. Cloud Gate, base plate, March 4, 2004 Cloud Gate, base plate, March 4, 2004 Concrete; I-beams; Pails; Bolts & nuts; View of the base plate for the sculpture's anchoring system before it was encased in concrete.

11. Cloud Gate, base plate, March 4, 2004 Cloud Gate, base plate, March 4, 2004 Concrete; I-beams; Pails; Bolts & nuts; Nails & spikes; View of the base plate for the sculpture's anchoring system before it was encased in concrete.

12. Cloud Gate, base plate, March 4, 2004 Cloud Gate, base plate, March 4, 2004 I-beams; Bolts & nuts; Concrete; Close-up view of the base plate for the sculpture's anchoring system before it was encased in concrete.

13. Cloud Gate, base plate, March 4, 2004 Cloud Gate, base plate, March 4, 2004 Concrete; I-beams; Close-up view of the base plate for the sculpture's anchoring system before it was encased in concrete.

14. Cloud Gate, base plate, March 4, 2004 Cloud Gate, base plate, March 4, 2004 Concrete; I-beams; Bolts & nuts; Nails & spikes; Close-up view of the base plate for the sculpture's anchoring system before it was encased in concrete.

15. Cloud Gate, base plate, March 4, 2004 Cloud Gate, base plate, March 4, 2004 Concrete; I-beams; Bolts & nuts; Close-up view of the base plate for the sculpture's anchoring system before it was encased in concrete.

16. Cloud Gate, base plate, March 4, 2004 Cloud Gate, base plate, March 4, 2004 Concrete; I-beams; Bolts & nuts; Close-up view of the base plate for the sculpture's anchoring system before it was encased in concrete.

17. Cloud Gate, base plate, March 4, 2004 Cloud Gate, base plate, March 4, 2004 Concrete; I-beams; Bolts & nuts; Close-up view of the base plate for the sculpture's anchoring system before it was encased in concrete.

18. Cloud Gate, base plate, March 4, 2004 Cloud Gate, base plate, March 4, 2004 Concrete; I-beams; Bolts & nuts; Close-up view of the base plate for the sculpture's anchoring system before it was encased in concrete.

19. Cloud Gate, base plate, March 4, 2004 Cloud Gate, base plate, March 4, 2004 Concrete; I-beams; Bolts & nuts; View of the base plate for the sculpture's anchoring system before it was encased in concrete.

20. Cloud Gate, base plate, March 4, 2004 Cloud Gate, base plate, March 4, 2004 Concrete; I-beams; Bolts & nuts; Close-up view of the base plate for the sculpture's anchoring system before it was encased in concrete.
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