Steelworkers install the dome's steel beams.

OCTOBER 2001
Image Gallery

October 1, 2001

Rows of cast stone on-site before installation.
October 1, 2001

Inside the weather protective box: A ladder leads up to the temporary work deck.
October 1, 2001

The second layer of steel is installed.
October 1, 2001

Temporary railing sits at the top first level of steel.
October 1, 2001

Concrete is poured at the buttress level. The buttress is a structure built against a wall for support or reinforcement.
October 1, 2001

The second level of steel is installed.
October 9, 2001

The first section of the dome steel is being raised.
October 9, 2001

Dome steel sections are tied into the compression ring.
October 9, 2001

The circular opening where the spiral stairs rise inside the dome.
October 10, 2001

Concrete is poured at the buttress level.
October 12, 2001

Ironworkers tie on top the dome steel.
October 12, 2001

Dome steel is lifted into place.
October 12, 2001

Ironworker installs the dome steel.
October 17, 2001

Aerial view of the complete dome steel taken from the tower crane.
October 18, 2001

Front steps view of the completed dome steel.
October 19, 2001

Concrete is poured at the buttress level.
October 19, 2001

Below: the Oklahoma City skyline viewed through the dome steel.
October 25, 2001

Dome steel rises above the weather protective box.

October 26, 2001

Pediment window enclosures prepped for installation.

October 30, 2001

Mechanical mezzanine steel reaches toward the oculus.

October 30, 2001

Steel dome frame of the Oklahoma City State Capitol.

Site provided by Frankfurt-Short-Bruza (FSB) Architects / Engineers of Record for the State Capitol Dome