Although the earthquake damaged the Washington Monument was closed for maintenance in the next year, 488 lights will glow each night to restore marble tower on the National Mall.
National Park Service illuminate the monument for the first time on Monday night - will continue to do so every evening at dusk. Shopping centers and a large crowd gathered at the Lincoln Memorial as a park service turn lights decoration design festival, starting from the bottom. It took a few minutes the lights, give full play to their light.
National Park Service Director Jonathan Jarvis and philanthropist David Rubenstein, who donated $ 7.5 million funded half of the cost of repairs, participated in the first illumination.
Blue, translucent fabric has been wrapped around the scaffolding around the monument, the 2011 earthquake destroyed because it has undergone extensive repairs.
Architect Michael Graves was commissioned to design a linen decorative monument in 1998 and 2000, when it was finally restored. He same design, use this time to exaggerate the scale of the pattern of the stone monument and mortar being repaired.
National Mall Director Bob Vogel told The Associated Press lighting marks a milestone in the several years of efforts to restore and reopen President George Washington Monument.
"We know that our visitors disappointed, they can not really go monument," he said. "So we hope that this will make up a little."
Vogel said that all 488 lamps require several minutes to full power. After the first lighting, the sensor will turn on automatically at dusk every evening monument.
Many stone monument near the top of chipped or cracked, shaken loose mortar 5.8 earthquake struck Aug. 23, 2011, along the East Coast.
Experts have done a detailed analysis of the damage of each stone. Vogel said that now they are working to ensure that all maintenance plans are just right from the color of the mortar, sealant injected into the cracked stone process. Within days, they will begin to do the final repairs, stone stone on the surface and inside of the obelisk.
The monument is expected to reopen once repairs are completed in the spring of 2014, the park service estimates.
In the meantime, the National Park Service launched a webcast EarthCam Given Monument and the National Mall (National Mall).
Rubinstein also marks the monument lighting in a larger campaign to restore the neglected site on the National Mall (National Mall) role, officials said. Carlyle Group investment company co-founder has joined nonprofit Trust National Mall (National Mall) as co-chair to help raise $ 3.5 million in the nation's most visited national parks, protect and restore the site.
"He with his leadership role as co-chairman of the National Mall very seriously (National Mall) campaign fundraising group's president, said:" Caroline Cunningham. "Not only to restore the Washington Monument, but his passion, his passion for the movement to restore the National Mall (National Mall), we really appreciate it."
 



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