Talk:Fleishhacker Pool

rewrite

I suspect that this article was ripped from here: http://www.sfzoo.org/about/pool.htm I rewrote it a bit to reduce possible copyright problems, and, I hope, improve encyclopedianess.

I can't find any reference to Esther Williams using the pool except for this one zoo page, so I took her name out. Photos of Weismuller and Ann Curtis using the pool are available on the web. Note that that sfzoo.org page incorrectly calls Ann Curtis a "movie star of the 20's and 30's" when she was actually a swimming star of the 40's. Doctormatt 21:38, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

Since the Zoo benefited from the demolition of the pool (it became its parking lot), any information from the Zoo needs to If the Zoo wasn't the source, then that source needs to be cited. I have found several biased and incorrect statements from the zoo site, so I deleted information that was incorrect in this article too. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Aloharadke (talk • contribs) 05:42, 11 April 2010 (UTC)

Dimensions

Actually, this page is wrong af far as dimensions go:

Wood River, IL. had a pool built in 1926 which measured 300 ft x 100 ft. Making it much larger (300X15) 4500 sq. feet larger. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 61.8.202.103 (talk) 09:53, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

No, the given dimensions are given in metres, not feet. I'll fix it. Graham87 13:00, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

two of the biggest swimming pools to exist east of the Mississippi River

• Dreamland pool, later the Terrace Club pool, and again Dreamland pool, opened in 1929 in Portsmouth, Ohio, the size of a football field

Swimming in Dreamland

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZzz53GE32Y Dr. John Lorentz - Swimming in Dreamland Presentation - Scioto County Public Library - Ohio

https://www.statenews.org/section/the-ohio-newsroom/2024-06-04/swimming-in-dreamland-documentary-reflects-on-the-legacy-of-portsmouths-pool

https://sciotohistorical.org/files/show/845

https://www.ohiohistory.org/preserving-ohio/national-register-of-historic-places/20th-century-african-american-civil-rights-movement/

https://biggreenpen.com/2021/01/24/some-things-cant-be-fixed/ The Terrace Club was renamed “Dreamland” and stayed in business until the 1990s, as an integrated facility.

• Dreamland pool, opened in 1925, in Kenova, West Virginia, United States 250 feet by 125 feet, same builder

https://www.herald-dispatch.com/news/dreamland-pool-opens-for-2025-season-special-event-planned-for-saturday/article_d18988c9-c1f9-463a-8f8b-d5b4c7f6ad37.html

Dreamland Pool Historical Marker

Piñanana (talk) 06:48, 30 January 2026 (UTC)

Sunlite Pool, Cincinnati, Ohio an outdoor freshwater pool with 7,450 m² (80,200 sq ft) surface area.(Citation needed) It was the largest recirculating pool in North America, and at one time, was the largest in the world.(Citation needed)

Felix Winternitz & Sacha DeVroomen Bellman (2007). Insiders' Guide to Cincinnati. Globe Pequot. p. 166. ISBN 9780762741809. Retrieved 2013-05-08.

Piñanana (talk) 07:26, 30 January 2026 (UTC)

https://kalebburchett.wordpress.com/author/knburchett/ Jamie Williams, owner of Williams Manufacturing Company, owned Terrace Club pool, and later Dreamland pool, in Portsmouth, Ohio

Piñanana (talk) 09:21, 30 January 2026 (UTC)

https://www.sciotolibrary.org/history/items/show/18221 Dreamland Swimming Pool was located at 1229 Kendall Avenue

Piñanana (talk) 09:23, 30 January 2026 (UTC)

https://www.ohiohistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/McKinley-Pool-annotated.pdf Lifeguard Charles Lorentz, a teacher and football coach at Portsmouth High School

Piñanana (talk) 09:25, 30 January 2026 (UTC)

https://lisarickey.wordpress.com/2012/08/22/bessie-tomlin-and-the-1937-flood/

Piñanana (talk) 09:28, 30 January 2026 (UTC)

https://sciotohistorical.org/items/show/45 Bessie Tomlin and the Ohio River Flood of 1937

Piñanana (talk) 09:29, 30 January 2026 (UTC)

Dreamland Swimming Pool was located at Gallia St and Kendall Ave, Portsmouth, Ohio

Piñanana (talk) 09:32, 30 January 2026 (UTC)