SHANNON PUBLIC BATHS
APPROXIMATE COST £750,
At a public meeting held at Shannon for the purpose of constructing public swimming baths on Tuesday evening. Cr. Spencer submitted the following particulars: The baths were to be 25 yards in length, 15 feet in width (which could he reduced to 10 feet). At the shallow end they would he three feet deep, and at the bottom end 7ft Gin, while about a third of the distance from the shallow end there would he Gft (Jin of water. The whole would he concreted and plastered. On each side-walk there would be a space of 5 feet and at the ends 3 feet. The pool would he surrounded by a 7 foot corrugated iron fence. Provision would he made for 17 dressing rooms on each side,, a total of 34. After careful investigation he estimated the cost of construction of swimming baths on the above line would he approximately £750 A poll of the ratepayers is to he taken for a loan and to fix a site.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3601, 19 February 1927, Page 3
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173SHANNON PUBLIC BATHS Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3601, 19 February 1927, Page 3
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