Today I learned on Nostr: TIL The largest swimming pool in the US was so large, lifeguards needed rowboats to ...

TIL The largest swimming pool in the US was so large, lifeguards needed rowboats to patrol it. Fleishhaker Pool, built in San Francisco in 1924, measured 1,000 x 150 feet, contained 6.5 million gallons of water, and could hold 10,000 swimmers. In 1999 it was turned into parking for the zoo.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fleishhacker_Pool
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