Running Fence was a work of art conceived and financed by Christo, standing 18 feet high and stretching 24-1/2 miles east-west near Freeway 101 at Cotati across private property of 59 ranches, following rolling hills, crossing 14 roads, passing through the town of Valley Ford, and descending into the Pacific Ocean at Bodega Bay. It was made of 165,000 yards of heavy woven nylon fabric cut into panels 18 feet wide by 68 feet long, hung from a steel cable strung between 2050 steel poles set 62 feet apart. Each pole was embedded 3 feet into the ground and braced laterally with guy wires and earth anchors, and the lower edges of the fabric panels were secured to the bottom cable. The entire structure was designed for complete removal, and no visible evidence of Running Fence remains on the hills of Sonoma and Marin Counties today. Pole 7-33 was erected permanently by Christo at the request of the citizens of Sonoma County, and the site was officially designated County Landmark No. 24 by the Sonoma Board of Supervisors on December 17, 1974.