Baltimore gets a new Domino Sugars sign: A behind-the-scenes look at the rebuilding process

The relighting of the iconic Domino Sugars sign on the Fourth of July, accompanied by fireworks and celebratory light displays, marks its return to the Baltimore skyline after a four-month, $2 million restoration.

Fireworks usher in the new Domino Sugars sign as it is lit over Baltimore's Inner Harbor on July 4th.

The iconic Domino Sugars sign is relit on the Fourth of July after fireworks and celebratory light displays.

A laser light show (pictured) preceded the fireworks display. The finale was the relighting of the Domino Sugars sign with its familiar red letters and border - only now the red glow comes from LED lights rather than neon.

Workers from Gable install the uppercase S, final letter of the <a href='https://www.baltimoresun.com/business/bs-pr-bz-domino-sign-replacement-20210203-4cmuf2u3ffa2xbw7535vca6qd4-story.html' target='new'>replacement Domino Sugars sign</a> at the Tide Point plant Thursday morning.

Several of the neon tubes of the iconic Domino Sugars sign were out in February before replacement work began.

Workers from Anderson Industrial Contracting lower the top half of the "S'"in "Sugars" from the Domino Sugars sign in Tide Point. The iconic neon sign that has been part of the landscape of Baltimore's Inner Harbor since 1951 is being replaced with a more efficient LED version.

Fabricators Bob Fetchick (foreground) and Brian Dyson work on the letter 'g" for the replacement Domino Sugars sign at Gable in Curtis Bay.

Mike Serio,Team Lead - Assembly, and Art Gifford work on the letter 'o" for the replacement Domino Sugars sign at Gable in Curtis Bay.

Assembly technicians Manny Prassinas and Mike Sharp install LED lights on the letter 'r" for the replacement Domino Sugars sign at Gable in Curtis Bay.

Mike Serio and Art Gifford work on the letter 'o" for the replacement Domino Sugars sign at Gable in Curtis Bay.

Letters arrive in pieces, a few at a time, on the the back of a flatbed as work continues on replacing the Domino Sugars sign over Baltimore's Inner Harbor.

A crew from Gable maneuvers the top half of the "n" through a loading dock door for the replacement sign atop the 100-year-old Domino Sugars plant on Baltimore's Inner Harbor. (Jerry Jackson/Baltimore Sun)

A crew from Gable maneuvers a leg of the "n" through a loading dock door to be staged for transportation to the roof dock at Domino Sugars. (Jerry Jackson/Baltimore Sun)

Contractors repair and retrofit the framework before replacement letters are added to the Domino Sugars sign.

A crew from Gable carries the dot for the "i" through a loading dock door at Domino Sugars plant on Baltimore's Inner Harbor. (Jerry Jackson/Baltimore Sun)

Contractors with Gable share the tight space in one of the freight elevators with the top of the N as pieces of the replacement sign are taken to the roof of the Domino plant. (Jerry Jackson/Baltimore Sun)