Tidal Basin (Washington, D.C.)
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38° 53′ 01″ N 77° 02′ 20″ W / 38.88372, -77.03886
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(en)« Tidal Basin » avec des cerisiers en fleur
Le (en)« Tidal Basin » est un bras de rivière partiellement aménagé par l'homme, adjacent à la rivière Potomac à Washington, D.C. Il fait partie du Parc de Potomac Ouest et est entouré par le Jefferson Memorial et du Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial. Le bassin couvre une aire d'à peu près 107 acres (0,433 km2) et a 10 pieds (3,048 m) de profondeur.
Le concept du (en)« Tidal Basin » date des années 1880 pour servir à la fois de pièce d'eau et de bassin de contention du Canal Washington, un port séparé de la rivière Potomac par des terres émergées où se situe le Parc de Potomac Est. Peter Conover Hains, un officier ingénieur de l'Armée US, en supervisa la conception et la construction.
Le
(en)« Tidal Basin » dans les années 1920
Orphelins jouant dans le
(en)« Tidal Basin » circa 1924
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