The Rock by the numbers
March 13, 2012
You knew the spectacle would be big when the “Levitated Mass” rock set out for LACMA. But how big? Glad you asked:
- Height of boulder: 21 feet, 6 inches
- Weight of the boulder: 340 tons
- Weight of the largest granite slab in the Great Pyramid: 80 tons
- Length of the transport: 299 feet
- Length of a football field: 300 feet
- Width of the transport: 27 feet
- Width of a lane on the 405: 12 feet
- Nights in transit: 11
- Miles traveled: 105
- Top speed: 5 mph
- Total gallons of diesel fuel burned: 2,250
- Gallons of diesel fuel to move one mile: 5
- Distance per gallon: 1,056 feet
- Miles walked beside the boulder by Emmert crewman Joe Schofield: 75
- Blistered toes on Joe Schoefield’s feet: 3
- Counties traversed: 4
- Cities traversed: 22
- Crowd estimate at Jurupa Valley launch point: 300
- Crowd estimate at Long Beach’s “Rock-a-pa-looza” Rock Party: 20,000
- Crowd estimate along Wilshire Boulevard between midnight and 4:30 a.m. for the Rock’s arrival at LACMA: 1,000+
- Cups of coffee sold after midnight at the Patina coffee cart outside LACMA: 175
- Emmert International heavy haul crew: 25
- Cable lines moved just by Time Warner Cable crews: 90+
- Traffic signals moved or removed and replaced on one night between Long Beach and Carson: 41 poles and 12 signal arms
- Port-A-Potties in the convoy: 1. Times cleaned in 11 nights: 5
- Marriage proposals next to the Rock: 1
- Attempts to crawl under the Rock by members of the public: 1
- Free bookmarks handed out at Rock stops by LACMA: 110,000
- Consecutive hours deejays played songs with words “rock” or “stone” in the title: 5
- Tacos sold at Patricia’s Mexican Restaurant across from the Rock on Wednesday: 4,000. Tacos sold at Patricia’s on a normal weekday: 300
- Number of cars towed on Wilshire to make way for the Rock’s arrival at LACMA: 10
- Fine and towing fees for parking in the temporary no parking zone: $354.50
- Towed Hondas: 6
- Towed Mercedeses: 1
- Time The Rock was delayed because of illegally parked cars: 1 hour, 33 minutes
- Complaints to towing firms from car owners who didn’t see temporary “No Parking” signs on Wilshire: 2
- Hits on LACMA’s Google map of the transport route: 1,043,800
- New followers to LACMA’s Twitter account: About 4,000
- Views on LACMA’s YouTube video of the transport: 26,888+
- Axles on the transporter: 44
- Tires on the transporter: 176
- Flat tires during the trip: 0
- Pre-emptive tire changes: 1
- Time spent turning the first corner in Jurupa Valley: 1 hour, 8 minutes
- Steepest grade in Chino Hills: 10%
- Tightest clearance: 6 inches in Long Beach
- Lost palm trees: 2
- Estimated transportation cost, including utility line clearance: $4.5 million
- Estimated total cost of the project: $10 million
- Estimated cost to taxpayers: $0
- Time it took to build and load the Rock’s transport: 2 months
- Estimated time to dismantle it: 5-6 days
- Length of the concrete Slot that is the other half of “Levitated Mass”: 456 feet
- Depth of The Slot foundation: 3 feet
- Cubic yards of concrete in the slot: 2,000
- Height The Rock will hover above viewers when “Levitated Mass” is finished: 15 feet
Sources: LACMA, Caltrans, Emmert International, Office of Long Beach City Councilman James Johnson, Ramon Vasquez III, Time Warner Cable, Los Angeles Signal Construction Co., Patricia’s Mexican Restaurant, Patina Catering, S&J Wilshire Tow, Joe Schofield, Buro Happold, Matt Construction
- Posted 3/13/12