CONSTRUCTION NOTES 



varies from four to five feet in the first 60 feet, thence from five to 12 feet 

 in the next 40 feet, and from 12 to 12 feet, 6 inches, in the last 50 feet. There 

 is no baffle wall or other obstruction inside of this pool. It requires 457,200 

 gallons to fill it. Alongside this pool are a three-foot and a ten-foot 

 springboard and a diving tower having one platform 12 feet and another 

 22 feet above the water. In the photograph (Plate 164), this pool, as well 

 as the three units of apparatus, appear in the background. In order to 

 care for the large number of patrons, there has been built on the men's side 

 89 dressing rooms and 440 lockers, while on the ladies' side are 112 dress- 

 ing rooms and 169 lockers. The facility has a Page woven-wire fence 84 

 inches high entirely around it. 



The accompanying plate (No. 165) shows another type of pool. The 

 pool proper is a 100 x i5O-foot ovoid with square ends 40 feet in length, 

 and its capacity is 400,000 gallons. The pool stands nine feet above the 

 ground. It is equipped with scum gutters and a recirculating system for the 

 sterilization and filtration of the water. It is also fully provided with diving 

 platform, springboards, slides, electric fountain, guard ropes and floats, 

 drinking fountain, etc. The concrete floor around the pool is i6^4 feet wide 

 and a handrail separates the bathers from the spectators. Separate stairways 

 are provided for each group. Around the entire pool wall extends a bath- 

 house which is approximately 14 feet wide and 475 feet long. The room con- 

 tains 307 steel lockers, and on the women's side are 54 changing rooms. 

 Sixteen showers serve the men, and the women have 18 private showers. 



PLATE No. 165. BINTZ POOL IN FAIR PARK, DALLAS, TEXAS 



