Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool

Large rectangular reflecting pool located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.

The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is the largest of the many reflecting pools in Washington, D.C. Dedicated in 1922, it is a 2,030-by-167-foot concrete-bottomed rectangular pool which originally held 6.75 million U.S. gallons of water. According to former U.S. secretary of the interior Ken Salazar, as of 2012 it holds about 4 million U.S. gallons of water. The pool is located on the National Mall, in between the Lincoln Memorial and the Washington Monument.

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