Location: Oakland Museum of California
1000 Oak Street, Oakland, California
50'H X 2' X 2'
Burnished Stainless Steel
Fabrication and Installation completed August 18, 2004
Fabrication and Installation:
AAA Welding/ Dave Vick, Owner
Rodeo, California
AAAWELD@comcast.net
Bob Mires, AAA Welding, standing next to "Ode to the Snark" before burnishing completed at the AAA Welding shop, Rodeo, CA. July 6, 2004.
Custom corner mounting bolted to southwest walls of the Oakland Museum roof. Held in place 2" diameter bolts, 11" long.
Twelve 2" O.D. holes drilled into reinforced concrete walls. Indistrial grade epoxy cement used to secure bolts in the walls. Passed 16,000 psi hydraulic stress test. 2'X2' square lower base plate 2" thick welded to top of the corner cage. Four 2" D bolts weled upright in each corner.
Photo of stainless steel mounting wedge prior to being bolted to lower bae plate. Dave Vick, AAA Welding, (center) with Phil Linhares, Curator Oakland Museum of California (right), waiting for Forsythe Engineering to make hydraulic stress tests on bolts epoxied in place, in the Museum wall.
Truck crane hoisting Snark sculpture to fourth floor roof level of the Museum.
Snark sling attached to crane cables
Shows the sling around the sculpture for lifting to prevent scratches. Sailboat lines are attached to qick release shackles to allow the sling to drop away from the sculpture when release lines are pulled taut.
Bob Mires and Dave Vick, AAA Welding guiding crane operator to make sure sculpture is plumb.
Mounting wedge bolted to lower base plate. Crane lowering Snark over the wedge. When directly on top of wedge, the sculpture is held in place by gravity.
Bob securing nuts to fasten wedge plate to lower base plate. Shows burnished stainless steel reflections.
