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1. Cloud Gate, attaching steel plates, April 27, 2004 Cloud Gate, attaching steel plates, April 27, 2004 Steel; Structural systems; Trusses; Tents; Ropes; Plywood Close-up of the base of the sculpture, showing where it is anchored to SBC Plaza.
2. Cloud Gate, attaching steel plates, May 27, 2004 Cloud Gate, attaching steel plates, May 27, 2004 Steel; Plywood; Construction workers; Ropes; Steel plates on the sculpture are welded together.
3. Cloud Gate, attaching steel plates, May 27, 2004 Cloud Gate, attaching steel plates, May 27, 2004 Steel; Plywood; Welding; Ladders; Ropes; Marks (Symbols); Concrete; Steel plates on the sculpture are welded together. A tack-welding process was used prior to the Park's opening; permanent seam-welding was completed in 2005.
4. Cloud Gate, attaching the final plate, June 28, 2004 Cloud Gate, attaching the final plate, June 28, 2004 Steel; Construction workers; Tents; I-beams; Flags; Reflections; Scaffolding; Workers remove ropes from the final plate, after it has been fit into place on the sculpture.
5. Cloud Gate, attaching the final plate, June 28, 2004 Cloud Gate, attaching the final plate, June 28, 2004 Steel; Construction workers; Tents; I-beams; Reflections; Workers remove ropes from the final plate, after it has been fit into place on the sculpture.
6. BP Bridge, spanning Columbus Drive, November 22, 2003 BP Bridge, spanning Columbus Drive, November 22, 2003 Girders; Hoisting machinery; Construction workers; Skyscrapers; Using ropes, workers guide the last box girder into place as it is hoisted from above by a crane. Columbus Drive was closed to traffic for a 12-hour period as workers installed three box girders making...
7. BP Bridge, spanning Columbus Drive, November 22, 2003 BP Bridge, spanning Columbus Drive, November 22, 2003 Girders; Hoisting machinery; Construction workers; Skyscrapers; Using ropes, workers guide the last box girder into place as it is hoisted from above by a crane. Columbus Drive was closed to traffic for a 12-hour period as workers installed three box girders making...
8. BP Bridge, spanning Columbus Drive, November 22, 2003 BP Bridge, spanning Columbus Drive, November 22, 2003 Girders; Hoisting machinery; Construction workers; Skyscrapers; Using ropes, workers guide the last box girder into place as it is hoisted from above by a crane. Columbus Drive was closed to traffic for a 12-hour period as workers installed three box girders making...
9. BP Bridge, spanning Columbus Drive, November 22, 2003 BP Bridge, spanning Columbus Drive, November 22, 2003 Girders; Hoisting machinery; Construction workers; Skyscrapers; Using ropes, workers guide the last box girder into place as it is hoisted from above by a crane. Columbus Drive was closed to traffic for a 12-hour period as workers installed three box girders making...
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