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The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool refurbishment project in Washington is almost completed as water is being filled up in the new pool smarting the "American flag blue colours".

The pool is expected to be reopened for the July 4 Independence Day celebration in conjunction with the 250th anniversary of the United states.

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00:00Take a look. This is from just a little while ago. Nice clean water. So we're
00:09here to talk about clean beautiful coal. That's clean beautiful water. That's the
00:16longest pool anywhere in the world.
00:37On the reflecting pond or the reflecting pool, as some people call it, very important to us was the longevity,
00:47the, you know, having it so that it's not closed every day. And so those are compared to those are
00:55among the tallest buildings in the world, including the Empire State Building.
01:01World Trade Center. Sears Tower, Chicago. So if you lay it on its side, you'd take two or three of
01:10them to fill it in because the width is almost 200 feet wide. And actually much more than 2000, close
01:19to including everything. It's about 2500 feet in length to the end. And it's going to be beautiful. It was
01:28a great concept that never worked.
01:29Because they couldn't hold the water. Now they hold the water for a tiny fraction of the cost. We did
01:35a fantastic job. And Department of Interior was amazing. Doug Burgum.
01:40Really absolutely amazing. And you're going to have something you're going to be very proud of. And it'll last for
01:4650 to 100 years before you have to do anything with it. Very strong, powerful substance that we use.
01:54And we picked a color called American flag blue. We had color choices. And before it was just gray. It
02:00was a color of concrete and stone. So it's going to be really special. I thought you'd like to see
02:07it. And the work ends on the pool.
02:10We also did a lot more than we anticipated. We did all of the sidewalks outside of the pool where
02:16people walk or they stand. That's where Martin Luther King made his great speech.
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