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Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Reflecting Pool Project Near Lincoln Memorial Under Way

The nearly $31 million project to replace the reflecting pool near the Lincoln Memorial is well underway. The project, which is scheduled to take a year and a half, will install pilings beneath the pool. The Washington Post reports the 50-foot timbers are being driven into the ground at the rate of about 500 per week. They'll put in more than 2,100 to shore up the reflecting pool. The bulk of the 80-year old pool has been ripped out. It was not built on pilings. Work on the new pool itself will begin in July.

3 comments:

Let's have a beer and discuss Racism in America said...

Someone said they were going to build a Memorial of Obama holding a beer and build a pool to reflect his reflection?!?!?!?

Anonymous said...

that is one expensive cement pond

steve said...

What gets me is the whole thing was drained and worked on to fit the WW2 Memorial in place. I can remember walking past the reflecting pool and it was empty. Why the F was this work not fully completed at that time, before the price of labor and material went up? Huh? OUCH!