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The Rainbow Pool was a reflecting pool located on the National Mall in Washington D.C., USA. It was designed by landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted Jr., and was situated between the Lincoln Memo
Rainbow Pool c. 1924
The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is the largest of the many reflecting pools in Washington, D.C. Dedicated in 1922, it is a 2,028-by-167-foot concrete-bottomed roughly rectangular pool that as of
Rainbow Pool
…located on the National Mall in Washington D.C., USA. It was designed by landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted Jr., and was situated between the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool (to the west), and 17th Street NW (to the east). The pool was renamed the Rainbow Pool on October 15, 1924, after it was noticed that its 124 nozzles…
The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool after the 2026 renovations, facing east towards the Washington Monument on June 17, 2026
The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool during the 2010 reconstruction
Resurfacing of the Reflecting Pool, April 2026
Algae being cleaned from the Reflecting Pool using a vacuum in June 2026