Washington, UNITED STATES
Work is underway to replace the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on the National Mall in Washington
Work is underway to replace the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on the National Mall in Washington, May 11, 2011. Although originally built in 1922 on swampy ground, crews have taken out the massive 618-by-51 meter pool to drive sturdy wood pilings to provide a better foundation and to install a modern water circulation system when they replace it, at a cost of $30.7 million. Work is scheduled to continue on the famous pool -- well known for such real events as Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech and such fictional ones as Forrest and Jenny reuniting in the movie Forrest Gump -- until 2012. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY)