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The pool and waterfall are in a karst sinkhole created by the partial collapse of a cave. Hamilton Pool is a Travis County Park and one of the many spectaular karst features found in the Hill Country of Texas.
Painted for the 'Square Foot' group show at the AWOL Gallery in Toronto. Acrylic on canvas, 10-1/2" x 10-1/2".
Title: Alumni Hall Pool photograph
Date: unknown
Description: This photograph shows the swimming pool that used to be located in the basement of Alumni Hall. Several young men are swimming. This picture would have been taken between 1907 and 1914.
Image ID: 4-8-Alumni Hall pool
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Friends! In the childrens paddling pool.
Taken in the summer of 1981 these scenes from the now defunct Tottenham Lido, which was situated in Lordship Lane, Tottenham, London N17.
The site is now occupied by a council housing estate (what else!!!) - Lido Square N17
Opened 5 June 1937 by Mayor J H Morrell and officially called "The Tottenham Lido" from the start, cost £30,000. Replaced "Old Marshes Bath" after a long process begun in 1930 and delayed by the 1931 financial crisis and difficulty in getting Ministry of Health approval.
The earlier `lido` pool at Tottenham marshes had been opened in 1905 but was finally demolished in July 1939 just two years after the Tottenham Lido had opened. The new Tottenham Lido was a very popular amenity that gave many residents of Tottenham some very happy times. From the diving boards it allowed some excellent views across the whole of Lordship Rec. Construction on the pool was apparently started in the early 1930’s but due to financial problems was halted (things do not change!).
The focal point was a large clock tower that could easily be seen from Lordship rec. It being an open-air pool it would be closed for the winter months.
Size: 165 x 75 ft, double shallow end 3 to 6 ft deep, with a diving recess in middle of 10 by 60 ft recess up to 10 ft deep (thus eight-sided), 490,000 gallons. There were also extensive buildings to house the changing areas (424 lockers & 96 cubicles for each sex) and a two-storey main block with a clock tower. There was also a paddling pool, shaped like half of a polo mint. Designed & supervised by H F Wilkinson, Borough Engineer & Supervisor.
This pool was also heated from the outset to maintain 70F and was the 6th pre-war lido in London to be originally heated. (The others are Croydon Purley Way, Danson Park, Finchley, Martens Grove & Southbury Rd, Enfield).
Around 1980 the local council - Haringey - removed the diving boards from the centre of the pool. (Early health and safety?).
Unfortunately, during the winter closure in 1984, some Travellers broke in to the facility and used it as a Travellers site and promptly pulled it to pieces. Many Tottenham residents were up in arms at this being allowed to happen. Following this level of wilful damage and destruction, the Lido never recovered and was eventually demolished for the new housing development that occupies the site today. It is sad that such a wonderful facility should be lost in this way. Although it had been closed for the duration of WWII between 1939-45, it had served the residents of Tottenham very well in the 42 years it had been open to the public.
The pool closed in 1985 and all buildings demolished. The site has now been redeveloped for housing, together with a significant part of the original Recreation Ground, as the appropriately named "Lido Square" estate. There is no trace of any of the original architecture, but the new estate respects its heritage by having its layout around a rectangular square.
www.guardian.co.uk/money/2009/jan/24/swimming-lifeguard-lido
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