CENTENNIAL BATHS
POOL TO BE FILLED SOON When th" tiling o£ the Centennial Baths is finished in a fortnight, t pool will be filled with water to protect the tiles from frosts during the winter. . . Running sand has been encounterea in the driving of the well to give a permanent water supply f' r tne I' -t ■■ln 99 out of 103 spots in Chnstchurch lhe well would have been sunk wiinout difficulty." said Cr. R. G Br wn (oha'rm-.n of the b'ths commit ee'. "It is just bad luck that we have st.ucK send at the baths site.” The shaft to be sunk will be of l-U> diameter and. fr< m a depth of 60 feet, a supply of 35.000 gollons ah hour u expected to be pumped. As frost damage to tiles surrounding the pool is net expected, it i- not proposed to cover them during tne winter.
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Press, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 26129, 3 June 1950, Page 6
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