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A91025-3
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- 1955-05-30 (Creation)
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The new saltwater public swimming pool at Titlow Beach was dedicated on June 4, 1955. The new pool measured 165 feet long by 75 feet wide with a depth of 3-5 feet for 85% of the length, with 15% deeper and used for diving. The pool had 3 diving boards, 2 one meter boards and 1 three meter board. The water was filtered continually and heated and chlorinated and lit by underwater and overhead lighting. Twenty feet of deck space was provided for sunbathing. Funded by special tax funds voted in 1952 plus appropriations and constructed at a cost of $225,796.54, the pool also had a 500 car parking area and bathhouses with automatic showers and large dressing rooms. Pool design was by Lea, Pearson & Richards. A two day pancake feed called the "Griddle Go Round" was planned for June 4-5. The TAC expected to fill 10,000 people with griddle cakes, syrup, orange juice and sausage. Entertainment would be provided by a touring Aunt Jemima (Palmere Jackson) and her troupe. There would be bubble gum and pancake eating contests, a water show and vaudeville acts with proceeds going to the fund to build a band shell at the lagoon at the entrance of Point Defiance Park. (TNT 5/29/1955, pg. A-10, 6/1/1955, pg. 11, 6/3/1955, pg. B-2, 6/5/1955, pg. 1)
Swimming pools--Tacoma; Titlow Park (Tacoma);