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Lincoln Memorial Pool’s Plumbing Nightmare | Bend News
The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is back in the spotlight—this time for plumbing chaos. Pipes clogged with gunk forced a partial refill to clear the mess, with half the water ports busted from years of neglect, a narrative conveniently blamed on past administrations. Despite a $35 million renovation two decades ago that failed to stop leaks—and President Trump’s fiery critiques calling it “filthy dirty”—a newer $16 million fix has its own problems: algae blooms and peeling liners. Trump blamed vandals, but courts sided with the contractors, ruling it was faulty workmanship, not sabotage…
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