Home About Pavilion Boathouse First Design Second Design Third Design Location Comparison

Third Design: Two Level bathhouse,  Open Both Sides

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"pastedGraphic3.jpg": West end of Bathhouse lines up with 2nd Ave

"page16-1012-full.jpg" : Bathhouse & Waterslide in background

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"third_with_boathouse.jpg":  An elaborate boathouse has been added to the Bathhouse & Waterslide

This bathhouse is a two level building, with the sides open on the both levels.

The main waterslide appears top be the same as in other versions of the bathhouse.

There is a second, smaller, waterslide visible on photo scan10013.jpg, and 1.bmp

  

The Mpls to Sioux City RR is visible in the background, but the Rock Island RR track is not visible because these photos were taken to the south of Hwy 59&60, which is also south of where the Rock Island RR track is located. The Hwy 59&60 RR underpass is visible on one of these photos and helps us determine the physical location of the bathhouse.

There is no Ice storage warehouse visible along the RR in these photos.

There appears to be some rock work, rip-rap, etc that denote the location of the lake overflow along the shoreline on photos "scan10013.jpg", "scan10024.jpg" and "third_with_boathouse.jpg". 
Highlighted sections of: "scan10013.jpg" and "scan10024.jpg" showing lake overflow point

Highlighted section of "third_with_boathouse.jpg" showing lake overflow point

There is a night electric light on a light pole out in the water for illuminated night swimming. the electrical lines going to the shore are visible and the light fixture itself is similar to those seen on postcards of downtown intersections. 

At some point in time, a boathouse was built on to this bathhouse structure sticking out into the lake, as noted in photo "third_with_boathouse.jpg". There are 12 stalls visible on this side of the boathouse. It is not known if there were stalls on the other side too.

 

Another addition to this recreational area was a bandstand that was built out in the water, where city band concerts were performed. It appears that this bandstand was located offshore between 2nd and 3rd Avenue.