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Steel works
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Precision engineering
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The tower grows
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A head for heights
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Bringing it together
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Constructing the arches
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Staircase and liftshaft
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Higher and higher
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A mammoth task
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Steel works
Inside the Watson Steel Plant where the ArcelorMittal Orbit is being fabricated in parts.
Precision engineering
The ArcelorMittal Orbit is made up of 366 star-like steel nodes like the one pictured.
The tower grows
The public can watch the ArcelorMittal Orbit being built from afar.
A head for heights
The ArcelorMittal Orbit will be 114.5m high when complete.
Bringing it together
Each steel ring is lifted into place by cranes and then bolted by three ironworkers.
Staircase and liftshaft
Visitors will be able to take one of two lifts up to the ArcelorMittal Orbit's viewing platforms and can then walk down the 455 steps.
Higher and higher
If it was a vertical tower, with all loops flattened out, the ArcelorMittal Orbit would be taller than the Eiffel Tower.
A mammoth task
2,000 tonnes of steel and 19,000 litres of red paint have been used to build the ArcelorMittal Orbit.
