View of the dome as seen from the elevator platform.
MAY 2002
Image Gallery
May 1, 2002

Column bases after installation.

May 1, 2002

Worker on the column bases.
May 1, 2002

The first row of the glass fiber reinforced gypsum (GFRG) coffer panels after installation.
May 1, 2002

Workers mud and tap the joint between the coffer panels in the interior of the dome.
May 2, 2002

The Guardian is transported from the Crucible in Norman, Oklahoma to its permanent resident at the State Capitol in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
May 2, 2002

The Guardian is loaded on a flat bed trailer at the Crucible in Norman, Oklahoma.
May 2, 2002

The Guardian is loaded on a flat bed trailer at the Crucible in Norman, Oklahoma.
May 2, 2002

The dome completely scaffold.
May 2, 2002

Glass fiber reinforced gypsum (GFRG) is installed in the interior of the dome.
May 14, 2002

Coffer paneling in the interior of the dome.
May 15, 2002

John Jamison, project executive for Capitol Dome Builders and Senator Kelly Haney at the first viewing of the Guardian at Allied Steel's Oklahoma City Warehouse.
May 15, 2002

Governor Frank Keating and Senator Kelly Haney attend a press conference at Allied Steel.
May 18, 2002

Jim Triffo assembles Panels of the new stain glass skylight.
May 18, 2002

Completed stained glass panel.

Below: Dome panels are completed while the cupola awaits its pre-cast panels.
May 18, 2002

Cast stone installation at the cupola.
May 18, 2002

Cast stone installation at the cupola as seen by the tower crane.
May 18, 2002

Above: Cupola stonework is completed.

May 20, 2002

The complete coffer panels of the glass fiber reinforced gypsum (GFRG) are installed.
May 20, 2002

View of the dome's interior.
May 20, 2002

Oculus view of the dome's interior.
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