The huge memorial pools are located on the original World Trade Center site, amid ongoing construction of the new skyscraper
The New York memorial to those killed on 9/11 is due to open to the public, a day after its dedication on the 10th anniversary of the attacks.
The National 9/11 Memorial will open its doors to several thousand people at 10:00 on Monday (14:00 GMT).
It includes the names of 2,983 people killed by al-Qaeda in New York, the Pentagon and in Pennsylvania.
On Sunday night, President Barack Obama said Americans should honour those who died but look forward with "hope".
He said the decade since the attacks showed the resolve of those in the US to defend their way of life.
The ideal that "men and women should govern themselves... has only been strengthened", Mr Obama said.
Mr Obama was speaking during a memorial concert at the Kennedy Center in Washington, closing a day of official commemorations marking the 10th anniversary of the attacks.
Bronze names
The opening of the memorial in New York will see several thousand visitors each day allowed into the area once occupied by the World Trade Center towers.
Ongoing construction work in the vicinity - most notably of the unfinished One World Trade Center, the new skyscraper being erected by the site - means visitor numbers are being restricted at present.
Continue reading the main story9/11 DEAD
NEW YORK - World Trade Center: 2,605
- Flight American 11: 87
- Flight United 175: 60
PENTAGON
- Building: 125
- Flight American 77: 59
SHANKSVILLE
- Flight United 93: 40
TOTAL KILLED: 2,976
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