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81. Cloud Gate, fabrication, offices, December 17, 2002 Cloud Gate, fabrication, offices, December 17, 2002 Offices; Desks; Plants; Office equipment & supplies; Models; Engineering drawings; Interior view of the offices of Performance Structures Inc. (PSI) in Oakland, California. A model and engineering drawings of Cloud Gate are visible in the background.

82. Cloud Gate, fabrication, April 21, 2003 Cloud Gate, fabrication, April 21, 2003 Steel; Structural frames; Industrial facilities; Machine shops; Two workers examine a steel plate in the fabrication shop at Performance Structures, Inc. (PSI).

83. Cloud Gate, fabrication, polished surface, April 22, 2003 Cloud Gate, fabrication, polished surface, April 22, 2003 Steel; Reflections; Structural frames; Dollies (Moving equipment); Machine shops; Industrial facilities; Close-up of the surface of a finely polished steel plate.

84. Cloud Gate, fabrication, rolling, April 22, 2003 Cloud Gate, fabrication, rolling, April 22, 2003 Steel; Machinery; Machine shops; Industrial facilities; A worker positioning a flat steel plate into a roller. A custom made roller, similar to an English roller, was built by PSI to roll the steel plates into their curved shapes. The plates are shaped by moving...

85. Cloud Gate, fabrication, April 22, 2003 Cloud Gate, fabrication, April 22, 2003 Steel; Structural frames; Dollies (Moving equipment); Machinery; Machine shops; Industrial facilities; Working on a steel plate at the fabrication shop of Performance Structures, Inc. (PSI).

86. Cloud Gate, fabrication, April 22, 2003 Cloud Gate, fabrication, April 22, 2003 Steel; Milling machines; Machinery; Machine shops; Industrial facilities; A worker stands next to the milling machine in the fabrication shop of Performance Structures, Inc. (PSI) in Oakland, California.

87. Cloud Gate, fabrication, April 22, 2003 Cloud Gate, fabrication, April 22, 2003 Machinery; Machine shops; Industrial facilities; Interior view of the fabrication shop at Performance Structures, Inc. (PSI).

88. Cloud Gate, fabrication, ca. August 6, 2003 Cloud Gate, fabrication, ca. August 6, 2003 Steel; Reflections; Water; A distorted reflection and water droplets on the surface of a curved steel plate.

89. 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.

90. Cloud Gate, fabrication, welding, August 8, 2003 Cloud Gate, fabrication, welding, August 8, 2003 Welding; Steel; Machine shops; Industrial facilities; Welding in the fabrication shop at Performance Structures, Inc. (PSI). Some of the smaller plates were seam welded together prior to their shipment from Oakland to Chicago.

91. 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...

92. 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.

93. Cloud Gate, trial assembly in Oakland, California, structural steel, April 21, 2003 Cloud Gate, trial assembly in Oakland, California, structural steel, April 21, 2003 Structural systems; Structural frames; Hoisting machinery; Industrial facilities; One of the two 22-by-25-foot steel rings on either end of the structural steel of the sculpture.

94. Cloud Gate, trial assembly in Oakland, California, ring with skyline, April 22, 2003 Cloud Gate, trial assembly in Oakland, California, ring with skyline, April 22, 2003 Steel; Containers; Cityscapes; Harbors; Structural systems; The top of one of the structural steel rings of the sculpture arching over the Oakland, California skyline.

95. Cloud Gate, trial assembly in Oakland, California, Ethan Silva in front of superstructure, ca. July 15, Cloud Gate, trial assembly in Oakland, California, Ethan Silva in front of superstructure, ca. July 15, 2003 Steel; Trusses; Structural systems; Structural frames; Industrial facilities; Ethan Silva, president of Performance Structures, Inc., in front of the sculpture’s structural steel in Oakland, California. The mirror-like “skin” of Cloud Gate was designed to fit loosely around...

96. 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.

97. 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.

98. 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.

99. 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.

100. 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.
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