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POOL, Swimming (earliest). The oldest private swimming pool in Dubuque is believed to be the [[J.C. GARLAND HOME]] built in 1907 and located at 1090 Langworthy Street. | POOL, Swimming (earliest). The oldest private swimming pool in Dubuque is believed to be located in the [[J.C. GARLAND HOME]] built in 1907 and located at 1090 Langworthy Street. | ||
Directly inside a back door, the pool, measuring 15 feet long, 7.5 feet wide, and 3.5 to 5 feet deep, was originally filled with rainwater. Children unable to swim wore a flotation device attached to a cable strung across the pool. Garland's daughter, a student of athletics in college, gave neighborhood children swimming lessons in the pool during her summer vacation. | Directly inside a back door, the pool, measuring 15 feet long, 7.5 feet wide, and 3.5 to 5 feet deep, was originally filled with rainwater. Children unable to swim wore a flotation device attached to a cable strung across the pool. Garland's daughter, a student of athletics in college, gave neighborhood children swimming lessons in the pool during her summer vacation. | ||
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Revision as of 23:16, 6 April 2011
POOL, Swimming (earliest). The oldest private swimming pool in Dubuque is believed to be located in the J.C. GARLAND HOME built in 1907 and located at 1090 Langworthy Street.
Directly inside a back door, the pool, measuring 15 feet long, 7.5 feet wide, and 3.5 to 5 feet deep, was originally filled with rainwater. Children unable to swim wore a flotation device attached to a cable strung across the pool. Garland's daughter, a student of athletics in college, gave neighborhood children swimming lessons in the pool during her summer vacation.