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QueerDuck

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5. The pool was originally built with a bottom of asphalt and tile...

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Sun Jun 28, 2026, 09:46 AM

17 hrs ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Memorial_Reflecting_Pool

The pool was originally built with a bottom of asphalt and tile, and was supplied from the city's drinking water supply. Starting in 2009, the bottom was replaced with concrete slabs supported by timber pilings,[7] and was supplied with a system of circulating water from the Tidal Basin. In 2026, the pool was resurfaced at the order of U.S. President Donald Trump with a blue polyurea coating and a nanobubbler filtration system was added to the Reflecting Pool.

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The pool was originally built with a bottom of asphalt and tile... QueerDuck 17 hrs ago #5

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