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should be possible, however, to reach the toilets without passing through 

 the shower room. Cost of pools (constructed 1925) : 



Sycamore Park swimming pool: 



General construction $23,949.74 



Plumbing 6,153.15 



Electric work 761.84 



Water equipment 840.00 



Locker equipment 2,038.50 



Pump house equipment 5>399-57 



$39,142.80 



Marine Park swimming pool: 



General construction $24,358.40 



Plumbing 5,640.00 



Electric work 752.00 



Water equipment 847.00 



Locker equipment 2,038.50 



$33^35-90 



The Brookside pool illustrates a type of double swimming pool found 

 in a number of cities. One pool is intended for children and beginners, and 

 its depth usually varies from two or three feet to four or five feet. The 

 other pool is for expert swimmers and is of sufficient depth to permit high 

 diving. One of the Brookside pools was built in the year 1914, and the 

 other in 1923. The older pool has a width of 50 feet, a length of 100 feet, 

 and a depth varying from two to four feet in a distance of 70 feet, 6 inches, 

 at which point a baffle wall six inches thick is placed. The remaining 29 

 feet varies from four to eight feet in depth. The shallow portion of this 

 pool is used primarily by young children, the deeper portion by those who 

 are moderately good swimmers. In the accompanying picture this pool is 

 shown in the foreground. It requires 155,400 gallons of water to fill it. 1 

 The newer pool has a width of 50 feet and a length of 150 feet. Its depth 



PLATE No. 164. BROOKSIDE POOL, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA 



1 From The American City, May 1927. 



