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Excerpt from Bathurst Guide: Embracing Particulars Descriptive of the Rise and Progress of the City and Its Public Institutions, Including Illustrations of the Principal Buildings, Parks, and Scenery of the District
These baths differ in construction from most city baths, inasmuch as they are unroofed, with the exception of the dressing rooms and shower baths, thus admitting sun and air to the water, and ensuring perfect ventilation. The main bath has a capacity of gallons, and is supplied from a well sunk into the granite, whence the water, clear as crystal, issues at a uniform temperature of The basin is con structed of brick, lined with concrete and cement, and an iron rod fixeda few inches above the surface of the water, together with a step 3 feet below, afford assistance to swimmers. The shallow end, 50 feet by 30 feet, is of nearly uniform depth, and is lined with white tiles. The water is kept pure by an effective spray, which creates a gentle move ment of the surface water towards a catchment trough. At certain hours the baths are reserved for the use of ladies, and many matrons as well as children have learned to swim therein. We hope soon to see this indispensable art introduced into the Public School curriculum. The pupils of All Saints' and St. Stanislaus' Colleges avail themselves of the advantages offered by these baths, and include some of the best amateurs of the colony. Attached to the baths is a spacious handball court, a shelter shed, and gymnastic apparatus. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
