Endell Street Open Air Swimming Pool
A view of the open air swimming pool in Endell Street, Holborn, London, on the site of Holborn Borough Council's Public Swimming bath which was pulled down in 1938 in preparation for the building of a more modern bath. Reconstruction was prevented by the outbreak of war and the cavity of the old Bath became a static water tank to aid fire-fighting during the blitz in London. The wartime decontamination centre, seen behind the pool surmounted by the Borough's Coat of Arms, provided dressing accommodation for 200 persons an hour. Now part of the Oasis Sports Centre
Picture No
10419214
Media ID
46057641
Size
3970px x 5541px
(2.4MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Photograph specially taken for and reproduced in The Illustrated London News, 20 July 1946, p.79
Date
1946
