National Park Service authorities are nearly finished draining the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on Monday afternoon, with new photos showing the water level subsiding and revealing the pool’s concrete surface.

The draining follows weeks of sparring in the Beltway between protesters gathering at the pool and the Trump administration, as the water filled with algae following President Donald Trump’s multimillion-dollar renovation of the facility. Trump had alleged several vandals caused extensive damage to the reflecting pool after the renovation, writing on Truth Social that a “300 foot long gash” was carved into the surface.